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Being fit makes you more resilient
If you have a job with a lot of stressful incidents, be aware that a healthy lifestyle makes you more resilient. Think of healthy eating, sufficient sleep, sufficient recovery time after work, sufficient exercise and relaxation and time for yourself and for social contacts such as friends, family and neighbours. As a healthcare professional, you have your own responsibility to 'maintain' your employability. Not only by keeping the knowledge and skills of your profession up to date, but also by keeping an eye on your own health and mental resilience. And to strengthen them where necessary. This can be done through the available modules, e-learnings or help offered by the umcs.
Be prepared for incidents
Know what the policy is in the event of impactful events and actively follow training courses. By knowing what your role and task is and by actively preparing for possible impactful events, you are more resilient when it happens. It is your own responsibility to prepare and take good care of yourself.
Be aware of accumulation
Employees who have had to deal with impactful events at work or at home several times may be more vulnerable to stress-related complaints. It is important to recognize signals in yourself that indicate that you may be a little less able to deal with it this time. Maybe you sleep less, react more easily irritated or emotional, or you are less able to let go or relax. You can discuss this with your manager or colleagues, and check whether it is necessary to agree on (possible) temporary adjustments at work.
You're not alone!
It is important to know where to go if you have experienced something. Maybe you need to talk calmly about the events at work. Or to regularly find distraction by doing something together with friends, neighbours, family, colleagues, fellow students or fellow sufferers? Both can be very supportive. If you are regularly exposed to stressful incidents, it is advisable to discuss with those around you what your needs are and how they can support you without being (indirectly) overburdened.
Create a caring work environment and report high-risk situations and incidents
An impactful event often not only has an impact on you when you are affected, but also on the team. An active role in prevention, shelter and aftercare contributes to the learning capacity of the team. Lessons learned can be embedded in preventive measures. Reporting and discussing risk situations and incidents in the team meeting contributes to the right aftercare and a safer working environment. This gives confidence so that you will be strong together next time.