The Psychosocial Aspects of Nursing: Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, and Burnout

SELF STUDY / ENDURING - ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE ACTIVITY: 46 Minutes

Overview

This program explores the psychosocial challenges in nursing, focusing on emotional intelligence, empathy, and resilience. Participants will learn strategies to manage stress, prevent burnout, and strengthen teamwork, while applying cognitive and affective empathy to enhance patient care and professional well-being in demanding healthcare environments.

Target Audience

This CME initiative was designed for oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, NPs, PAs, pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of patients with cancer.

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe emotional intelligence and its core components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills
  2. Differentiate between cognitive and affective empathy, and explain how both support patient care yet may contribute to compassion fatigue without emotional regulation and self-care
  3. Recognize how emotional intelligence can mitigate against the onset and progression of compassion fatigue and identify practical, evidence-based strategies to enhance self-awareness, manage stress, set healthy boundaries, and improve personal well-being

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Horizon CME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Horizon CME designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course opens: 
06/12/2026
Course expires: 
06/12/2027
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
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Faculty

Angela Appel, BSN, RN

Patient Experience Manager 
AdventHealth Parker
Parker, CO

Angie is an accomplished and transformational Nurse Leader with over 20 years of dedicated healthcare experience, including more than 12 years in progressive leadership positions. She is a passionate advocate for human-centered care, excelling in developing collaborative environments that foster belonging, shared problem-solving, and the continuous pursuit of excellence and wellbeing.

Some notable accomplishments are being nominated twice for Colorado's Excellence in Nursing (formerly Nightingale Luminary) Award for Leadership, being a KMGH 7 News “Everyday Hero” for building a band of hospital-wide musicians, and winning two national awards for overall operational, team-engagement, patient experience, and cultural success.

Disclosures:

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Horizon CME (HCME) ensures that continuing education activities are balanced, independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous. 

All persons in a position to influence the content of an accredited continuing education activity provided by Horizon CME are required to disclose to HCME any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies within the past 24 months. All reported relevant financial relationships have been mitigated by Horizon CME.

Angela Appel, BSN, RN discloses no relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients during the past 24 months.

Available Credit

  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Horizon CME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Horizon CME designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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There are no fees for participating and receiving CME credit for this enduring activity. To receive CME credit participants must:

  1. Read the CME/CE information and faculty disclosures.
  2. Participate in the online activity.
  3. Complete the post-test
  4. Submit the evaluation form

DISCLAIMER:

This activity is designed for educational purposes. Participants have a responsibility to utilize this information to enhance their professional development to improve patient outcomes. Conclusions drawn by the participants should be derived from careful consideration of all available scientific information. The participant should use his/her clinical judgment, knowledge, experience, and diagnostic decision-making before applying any information, whether provided here or by others, for any professional use.

Required Hardware/software

Access to the internet is required.

Supported Browsers:

Internet Explorer 8.0+ for Windows 2003, Vista, XP, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and above

Google Chrome 28.0+ for Windows, Mac OS, or Linux

Mozilla Firefox 23.0+ for Windows, Mac OS, or Linux

Safari 6.0+ for Mac OSX 10.7 and above

 

Supported Phones & Tablets:

 Android 4.0.3 and above

iPhone/iPad with iOS 6.1 or above