Keynote: Put Your Oxygen Mask On First Before Helping Others: Sustaining Growth and Resilience in Healthcare

This session explores one of the most essential—and most overlooked—truths in modern healthcare: you cannot pour from an empty cup. Using the familiar aviation metaphor as a starting point, this lecture dives into why prioritizing your own well being is not a luxury but a professional imperative.

Participants will examine the growing pressures facing clinicians today, from escalating patient complexity to administrative overload, and how these forces quietly erode resilience, clarity, and joy in practice. Through real-world examples and evidence-informed strategies, the talk highlights practical ways to strengthen personal sustainability, protect clinical excellence, and cultivate a sense of purpose amid constant change.

Attendees will leave with a renewed understanding of how self-preservation fuels better patient care, healthier teams, and a more vibrant healthcare workforce. This is a call to reclaim energy, reinforce boundaries, and build habits that allow clinicians not just to survive—but to grow and thrive in the environments they serve.

*Due to rapidly changing clinical knowledge, once purchased, you have 90 days access to complete this education.

Credits: 1.0 Contact Hours; 0 are Pharmacology
This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid from 5/5/2026 to 5/4/2027 . PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2026

$35

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

- Identify key factors that contribute to burnout and diminished resilience in healthcare and explain how these pressures impact clinical performance, decision‑making, and team dynamics.

- Apply evidence-informed strategies to strengthen personal sustainability, including boundary-setting, energy management, and habits that support long-term professional growth.

- Develop an individualized plan for maintaining resilience and purpose in practice, aligning personal well‑being with high‑quality patient care and healthier workplace cultures.

CE/CME INFORMATION

Obtain Your Credits

To earn credits for this activity, navigate to the Content(s) tab and complete all course components in the following order: 1) watch the course presentation video; 2) complete the course evaluation; 3) pass the post-test with a score of 2/3 (66.7%) or higher. You may retake the post-test until a passing score is achieved, at which point you will be able to view/print a copy of your certificate of completion. This online certificate will also be saved within your profile 'My Courses/Certificates' -> 'Transcript/Certificates Earned'  for future access.

Designation Statement

NPACE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hours, of which 0 is pharmacology credit. Participants should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been reviewed by the American Academy of Physician Associates Review Panel and is compliant with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid from 5/5/2026 to 5/4/2027. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Accreditation Statement

Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

DISCLOSURES

Faculty

Contributing faculty, Wendy Wright DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP has disclosed:

1. Sanofi, Pfizer, Moderna, Seqirus, and Merck:
a. Advisory Board and Speaker bureau
b. Vaccines
c. Consulting fee and speaking fee
2. AstraZeneca
a. Advisory Board and Speaker bureau
b. Asthma and COPD
c. Consulting fee and speaking fee
3. Exact Sciences
a. Advisory Board and Speaker bureau
b. Colorectal cancer
c. Consulting fee and speaking fee
4. Axsome
a. Speaker bureau
b. Migraines and Major Depressive Disorder
c. Speaking fee
5. AbbVie
a. Advisory Board
b. Migraines
c. Consulting fee
6. Pfizer
a. Speaker bureau
b. Migraines
c. Speaking fee
7. GSK
a. Consultant
b. OA and Pain
c. Consulting Fee

Planners

All planners and contributors involved in this educational activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. 

Disclaimer

The material presented in this continuing education program is being made available for educational purposes only and is not intended to represent the best or only methods, medications and/or guidelines appropriate for the medical situation discussed. Rather the material is intended to present an approach, view, statement, or opinion of the presenter(s), which may be helpful, or of interest to other practitioners and should not be used by clinicians without the evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. NPACE disclaims any liability, loss, injury, or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any information given in a presentation.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may mention the uses of products that are not approved by the FDA for the indication(s) being discussed. The presenter(s) are instructed to notify participants when they are discussing unapproved uses or investigational agents. The opinions related to unapproved uses of products are solely those of the presenter(s) and are not endorsed or recommended by NPACE. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Commercial Support

There is no commercial support for this activity.