PBC Self-Care & Caregiver Wellness Flashcards

Which concept describes the positive psychological changes that bereavement professionals can experience as a result of their work with grieving families?

Answer: Compassion satisfaction

Compassion satisfaction is the positive sense of fulfillment and meaning professionals derive from effectively helping others through grief and loss.

What is a recommended frequency for bereavement professionals to engage in formal self-assessment of their emotional wellbeing?

Answer: Regularly, using validated tools such as the ProQOL

Regular self-assessment with validated tools like the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale enables early identification of compassion fatigue and burnout.

Which approach to self-care is most aligned with trauma-informed principles for perinatal bereavement professionals?

Answer: Holistic practices addressing physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual needs

Trauma-informed self-care is multidimensional, addressing the whole person across physical, emotional, social, and spiritual domains.

How should a PBC-certified professional respond when they recognize signs of burnout in themselves?

Answer: Seek supervision, adjust caseload, and engage in restorative self-care practices

A proactive, multi-pronged response including supervision, caseload adjustment, and self-care is the ethical and evidence-based approach to managing burnout.

What distinguishes burnout from secondary traumatic stress in perinatal bereavement professionals?

Answer: Burnout develops from chronic workplace stress; secondary traumatic stress develops from exposure to clients' traumatic material

Burnout results from cumulative organizational and job demands, while secondary traumatic stress arises specifically from absorbing clients' traumatic experiences.

A hospital bereavement team implements monthly peer support meetings for staff working with pregnancy loss families. This practice primarily addresses which risk?

Answer: Isolation and secondary traumatic stress among bereavement staff

Peer support meetings create communal spaces for processing grief work, reducing isolation and building collective resilience against secondary traumatic stress.