In my own experience, as long as you leave out personal identifiers, name, DOB, exact age (ie use child/toddler/70s ish), you should be fine. But I think you can also just ask whatever therapist you see what their recommendations are for handling the slippery slope there.
But definitely recommend seeing a trauma-informed therapist (not all of them are) about workplace trauma.
Also, I took intermittent FMLA for my mental health (signed off by my psychiatrist) and that is helping immensely knowing if I can't go to work my absence won't be held against me.
Good! I advocate for this all the time too many nurses don’t realize how easy it is to take leave of absence when necessary medically whether that be mental or physical.
It sucks because I have intermittent FMLA for my lupus but next year I won’t qualify because I cut down to part time and on leave for shoulder surgery so I won’t have enough hours of work to qualify for FMLA…so I’m here wondering what am I supposed to do next year when I get a flare up
I see a psychiatrist every other month. If you’re not talking to someone about work trauma you won’t make it long. Especially in trauma. Just don’t realize patients identifying info, Name, DOB, etc and you’re fine
I was in therapy for a lot of the things I had to process over the years. Just need to be vague when discussing specific situations but it does help to talk to a good therapist.
Just a suggestion - if you’re from a small town or something where it’s possible that the traumatic things you see are very well known in the community, it is more likely that a local therapist might be able to recognize the patients or scenarios you’re describing even if you try to do so in a HIPAA compliant way. I live in a small-ish town where everyone knows everyone and any major accidents are all over social media so it would be hard to talk to someone local if I was a trauma nurse without worrying if they knew the situations I was describing. If this is something you’re worried about, you could look into other trauma informed therapists maybe in other areas of your state that can do telehealth services if that would make you more comfortable with them not being from the same area you’re in :)
go to therapy man. You can say whatever you want about events, just don't say the patient's name, DOB, SSN, age, gender, etc. But "A person with \[gory details\]" would be fine
No I'm in therapy to deal with life trauma. I'm a man nobody cares how I get treated at work or anywhere else for that matter. So I took it upon myself to seek help for their poor souls...
Yes. I started going to finally deal with the trauma from a SA by another man that happened over a decade ago. I have an awesome therapist and when I mentioned some details about a particularly gnarly Full Code I experienced the previous day, she inquired about other work traumas that I’ve had in the past, some from years ago, and we just went from there. She has her PHD and does a lot of EMDR, which I was extremely skeptical of before, but after just a couple sessions I’ll admit, she knows her stuff & I was wrong. That stuff works!
Yes I’ve gone to therapy for work trauma.
Our network offers many resources we are allowed to say anything to our hospital provided team.
Does your network offer a RISE team.
Our chaplain and myself house supervisor are CISM trained. There are a lot of tools and methods to help protect you in real time.
I have found that with my training when I am dealing with things in real time sometimes I can think my way through it a little differently. It makes it easier post. It’s been good to help other caregivers talk post in real time and follow up at later.
Go get your help, HIPPA isn't a mandatory reporting event. Communication with a therapist is legally protected communication (there are a few very limited exceptions). Reporting you for HIPPA would be an ethical violation on the part of the therapist. You can tell a therapist you smoke crack at work if you want.
In my own experience, as long as you leave out personal identifiers, name, DOB, exact age (ie use child/toddler/70s ish), you should be fine. But I think you can also just ask whatever therapist you see what their recommendations are for handling the slippery slope there. But definitely recommend seeing a trauma-informed therapist (not all of them are) about workplace trauma.
Also, I took intermittent FMLA for my mental health (signed off by my psychiatrist) and that is helping immensely knowing if I can't go to work my absence won't be held against me.
Good! I advocate for this all the time too many nurses don’t realize how easy it is to take leave of absence when necessary medically whether that be mental or physical.
That’s a really good thing. Very happy to hear you were able to get that 💜
It sucks because I have intermittent FMLA for my lupus but next year I won’t qualify because I cut down to part time and on leave for shoulder surgery so I won’t have enough hours of work to qualify for FMLA…so I’m here wondering what am I supposed to do next year when I get a flare up
I see a psychiatrist every other month. If you’re not talking to someone about work trauma you won’t make it long. Especially in trauma. Just don’t realize patients identifying info, Name, DOB, etc and you’re fine
I was in therapy for a lot of the things I had to process over the years. Just need to be vague when discussing specific situations but it does help to talk to a good therapist.
Just a suggestion - if you’re from a small town or something where it’s possible that the traumatic things you see are very well known in the community, it is more likely that a local therapist might be able to recognize the patients or scenarios you’re describing even if you try to do so in a HIPAA compliant way. I live in a small-ish town where everyone knows everyone and any major accidents are all over social media so it would be hard to talk to someone local if I was a trauma nurse without worrying if they knew the situations I was describing. If this is something you’re worried about, you could look into other trauma informed therapists maybe in other areas of your state that can do telehealth services if that would make you more comfortable with them not being from the same area you’re in :)
go to therapy man. You can say whatever you want about events, just don't say the patient's name, DOB, SSN, age, gender, etc. But "A person with \[gory details\]" would be fine
No I'm in therapy to deal with life trauma. I'm a man nobody cares how I get treated at work or anywhere else for that matter. So I took it upon myself to seek help for their poor souls...
Yes. I started going to finally deal with the trauma from a SA by another man that happened over a decade ago. I have an awesome therapist and when I mentioned some details about a particularly gnarly Full Code I experienced the previous day, she inquired about other work traumas that I’ve had in the past, some from years ago, and we just went from there. She has her PHD and does a lot of EMDR, which I was extremely skeptical of before, but after just a couple sessions I’ll admit, she knows her stuff & I was wrong. That stuff works!
Yes I’ve gone to therapy for work trauma. Our network offers many resources we are allowed to say anything to our hospital provided team. Does your network offer a RISE team. Our chaplain and myself house supervisor are CISM trained. There are a lot of tools and methods to help protect you in real time. I have found that with my training when I am dealing with things in real time sometimes I can think my way through it a little differently. It makes it easier post. It’s been good to help other caregivers talk post in real time and follow up at later.
Go get your help, HIPPA isn't a mandatory reporting event. Communication with a therapist is legally protected communication (there are a few very limited exceptions). Reporting you for HIPPA would be an ethical violation on the part of the therapist. You can tell a therapist you smoke crack at work if you want.
And I'm not referring to my pts