LIVE Webinar
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 from 6:00 – 7:00pm
WNA Members ONLY: Free, but you must still register.
You will be required to enter your member number. If you do not know your member number, log into your ANA account (NursingWorld.org)
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This 60-minute educational presentation examines how publicized tragedies involving nurses or healthcare workers affect grief responses, stress physiology, moral distress, and professional identity within the nursing workforce. Grounded in neuroscience, grief counseling frameworks, and occupational mental health research, the session helps nurses understand common emotional, cognitive, and physiological reactions to highly visible events, including polarization, moral injury, and nervous system overload. The presentation emphasizes trauma-informed, evidence-based strategies to support emotional regulation, maintain professional boundaries, preserve nursing identity, and foster peer support during periods of heightened stress. The content is educational and reflective, with a focus on nurse well-being and professional sustainability rather than legal analysis or case adjudication.

PRESENTERS:

Christopher Wojnar, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, Director-at-Large, Wisconsin Nurses Association, Founder and CEO, Empowered Psychiatric Solutions

 

 

DISCLOSURES:

  • There is 1.0 Contact Hours offered for the live Webinar. We are offering CE to WNA members only who register for this activity.  To make this possible, we are limiting registration to nurses who reside in the following states ONLY: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia.  Contact Megan with questions.
  • There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies on the part of any planners or the presenter of this activity.
  • WNA is the provider of this educational activity.
    Wisconsin Nurses Association is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.