We C.A.R.E. is a caritas nurse peer support program offers emotional first aid to peers within the medical center. Ten caritas nurses participated in additional training using Dr. Jean Watson’s Human Caring Theory and Dr. Susan Scott’s Three-Tiered Interventional Model as the theoretical framework to build a comprehensive program to assist health care professionals following an unanticipated adverse event.
Peer support nurses are authentically present, creating a caring-healing environment that supports human dignity within the medical center. Together, the nursing team is leveraging evidence-based practice to help promote well-being within their working environment.
Arleen Velasco, BSN, RN; Ashley Thompson-Brundidge, MSN, RN; Giovanna Aiello BSN, RN; Sarah Montague, BSN, RN; Claire Perryman, BSN, RN; Maria Chang BSN, RN; Shirley Hasson, BSN, RN; Sara Stein, BSN, RN, CMSRN; Anecia Mayes, BSN, RN; Lori Aston-Dixon, MSN, RN; Gail Sims, DNP, RN, CRRN, CARF; and Angelica Rincon, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR are the first cohort of peer supporters.
