I want to be sure you know about programs at Mount Sinai Beth Israel that can help support you when the stress from the work you do impacts your emotional well-being. We’ve all been there. The Employee Assistance Program is a great example of a program that you can lean on in a time of need.
Another program I want to make sure you know about is ICARE. We’ve created the ICARE Team to help support us when we experience a stressful incident in patient care or otherwise. This type of peer-to-peer support has been shown to be particularly effective in helping those who have become known as the “second victims” in medical errors–the health care providers themselves. But this new service isn’t only here to support us in the context of medical errors. There are all sorts of stressors that we encounter in our work. To connect with a colleague on our ICARE team, call 212-420-4343 and ask for the ICARE team. This program offers peer-to-peer crisis support and stress management from employees that many of you have told us you regularly lean on. These team members are eager to confidentially listen and support you. And they can help navigate you to even more support should you want it and/or need it.
Some of our colleagues who recently trained to be on the ICARE support team. Back row, left to right: Ruth Gabay; Andrea Abraham, RN ; Lyse Aybar; Thida Aye, MD, MPH, FACP; Margaret Morales, MA, RN, ACNS, NEA-BC; Lena Chang, RN; Alicia Tennenbaum, LCSW; Lydia Lopez, RN; Seated: Laura O’Brien, RN-CCRN; Wendy Egan, LCSW.
Along with 1199-SEIU and other sponsors, we are hosting a health fair on Thursday, May 31, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Podell Auditorium. There, you’ll be able to get free confidential health screenings and information on the many wellness programs we have at MSBI, including one of my favorites: the new MSBI walking routes! You can look for the signs around our Petrie campus. Or, stop by the 2 Dazian Rotunda to pick up a copy of the routes inside of Petrie and around Stuyvesant Square park. I hope to see you at the fair.