Restoring Balance Self-Care Retreats

Caring professionals are at high risk of burnout. The oncology setting is particularly challenging for health care professionals.The Restoring Balance retreat offers a one-day intensive that helps participants gain insights into sources of burnout, and teaches tools that can be used to alleviate stress and allow for balance between caring for others and caring for the self. This one-day retreat was associated with improvements in emotional exhaustion that were present 3 months after the workshop. Future plans will be to do a more rigorous assessment of these workshops for nurses.