Our Message
This is a tumultuous time and goes without saying. I know many of you through email and many of you through meeting you at conferences. You are all deeply appreciated as colleagues, and I feel mentored and held by all of you in our great work of pediatric chaplaincy during this worldwide pandemic. There is a lot of weight on your shoulders, bearing the stress and worries of patients, families, administrators, your own families and friends, and of course yourself! I am feeling, as I imagine you are feeling, the painful challenges of changing the modes of my work, feeling isolated even at work from staff and families I strive to care for, and being stuck in trying uncertainty and near constant changes at my facility as we wait on more coming cases. Yet I feel hopeful and held in part because of you and your presence!
I’m sure you are feeling some of this, and probably feeling all sorts of other things too. We stand with you, alongside of you, sharing in your uncertainty, sharing in your concern, sharing in your hope, and sharing this road together, whatever it brings. And we know that as you always do, you will find ways to care, serve, and lead in exactly the ways you need to. We are sending our love and holding you in our hearts today.
– James Denham, PCN Advisory Council Secretary (2020)
Available Resources
- “Caring For Patients Mental Well Being During Coronavirus”- Schwartz Center
- “Psychological Effects of Quarantine” – Schwartz Center
- “Sustaining the Well Being of Healthcare Personnel”- Schwartz Center
- “Pandemics as Health Care Emergencies”
- FEMA Emergency Management Institute- https://training.fema.gov/is/
- “How To Talk To Your Children About Coronavirus” by Dr. Madeline Levine
- “The Emotional Impact of Disaster on Children and Families”
- “5 Ways to Help Your Child During the COVID-19 Outbreak”
- “How To Talk To Teens About COVID-19”
- “Reassuring Children About Coronavirus”
- “Supporting Children During COVID-19 Outbreak”
- “Helping Children Say Goodbye From Afar”
- Managing Stress Associated with the COVID-19 Virus Outbreak (COVID 19 ManagingStress 032020)
- Coronavirus- Taking Care of Your Family
- “The Psychological Impact of Quarantine and How to Reduce It”
- “Tips for Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation”
- TED talk by Kelly McGonigal
- Bite Sized Resilience: Three Good Things (video) and resilience tools on this link
- Children’s National Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChildrensNationalChaplaincy/)
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkpzOkqBrzwV59Vb9ACcdAA?view_as=subscriber
