Comments from Participants

Unforgettable keynote speech! A true shining example of leadership!
Thank you, thank you!! I have truly been struggling with whether I was going to continue with SANE nursing or whether I was going to chuck my entire nursing career and explore other options. This class helped me to realize I have things I can work on that will help balance my personal stresses, not bring home others' stresses and maybe- find that peace I used to feel in nursing. This was exactly what I needed to feel hope, THANK YOU!!!
I really loved this session! I think it should be mandatory for every healthcare professional, even if they think they don't need it. Perhaps especially if they think they don't need it. Kathleen was fabulous!
Amazing! Thank you so much for this opportunity to learn & help myself maintain my place in this profession
Kathleen’s humanity, real life examples and shared passion really brought meaning to the program. I plan to apply what I have learned. I think it will be life altering for me!
This program should be required at every level at least 5 years of service! It has direct application to my work and personal life!
Marvelous learning strategies that are applicable personally & professional
As a healthcare leader I was challenged to change the culture in my ED and grow empathic resilient leaders, this was exactly what I and my team needed!
Recognizing what I can control and implemented ways to bring my best self to work/home and life
Dynamic and Engaging speaker. Tools for prevention! Love it!!
Wonderful techniques to engage the para-sympathetic system and truly embrace all that life throws at me!
I felt validated in my suffering and renewed to find ways to correct my stress response, and receive more joy, purpose and meaning from my life here.

Overview

Healthcare organizations with its constant change, fiscal constraints, chaos, high patient acuity, workplace violence, prolonged patient holding, overcrowding, unrealistic patient expectations, trauma, and death can be challenging and emotionally draining on caregivers (Flarity, 2013, Dominguez-Gomez & Rutledge, 2009; Flarity, 2011). The existing data suggest that caregiving can take an emotional, physical, professional, and relational toll upon care providers (Figley, 2002; Gentry, Baggerly, & Baranowsky, 2010). The cumulative effects of secondary trauma (exposure to other people’s distress and suffering) and the aforementioned work environment may lead to emotional withdrawal, a lack of empathy, or a total collapse on the part of healthcare providers (Gentry et al., 2010). Healthcare providers are at risk for experiencing compassion fatigue (CF) symptoms such as avoidance, hyperarousal, physical symptoms, and sleep disturbances. With 41 years of military service including multiple commands and deployments, Dr. Kathleen Flarity is a dynamic leader and engaging speaker. Her passion is palpable and her commitment as a leader and educator is evident in seminars. The scientifically based programs will have a positive impact both professionally and personally on the participants who attend. Dr. Kathleen Flarity has published studies demonstrating the effectiveness of the multi-faceted education program to increase compassion satisfaction, and decrease the two components of compassion fatigue (burnout and secondary traumatic stress).

HealthCare, leadership Resiliency, research, Life Coach

Flarity Consulting, LLC

Educational Seminars
Resiliency Training for Health Care Providers

Healthcare Resiliency training individually tailored to meet the needs of your organization
EMS/Fire/Police resiliency training
Tailored non-healthcare resiliency training
Dynamic team building to ensure meaningful relationships
How to make a meaningful difference in your own life and the lives of others

Find joy, purpose, and meaning in both your professional and personal life

Topics & Presentations
Asian Pacific Military Nurse Exchange Conf; Compassion Fatigue Resiliency, Seoul, Korea
Emergency Nurses Association Leadership Conf; Compassion Fatigue Resiliency, Phoenix, AZ
Keynote: Colorado Nursing Foundation, Nightingale Award Ceremony, Colorado
Colorado Springs Fire Department, Paramedic Refresher course: Thoracic, abdominal, head trauma, trauma assessment and extremity trauma. Colorado Springs, CO
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS); Compassion Fatigue Resiliency Study, Seattle, WA
International Assoc of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), Compassion Fatigue Resiliency, Anaheim, CA
Emergency Nurses Association Annual conference; Performed 1st Live Stream Cadaver lab-demo of needle decompression/chest tube insertion to 3,830 participants, Nashville, TN
American Association of Nurse Practitioners Annual conf; Environmental Emergencies, Las Vegas, NV
American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Annual conference; Reading & Clearing C-spines in the Acute Care setting, Las Vegas, NV
American Association of Nurse Practitioners , Annual conference; Current Challenges & Opportunity for Innovative Change Innovative Approaches to Triage, Las Vegas, NV
40th Annual Rocky Mtn Trauma & Emergency Medicine; Aeromedical Evacuation in a War Zone, Breckenridge, CO
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference; Advanced Cadaver Lab-Chest tubes, advanced airway, central lines, IOs, lateral cantotomy on fresh cadavers to advanced practice nurses. San Diego, CA
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference, Methods of Digital Blocks and Local Anesthetics. San Diego CA
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference; Innovative Emergency Technology, Toys and Gadgets. San Diego CA
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conf; EMINENCE Mentoring Program- Academy of Emergency Nursing, Tampa, FL
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference: Reading & clearing C-spines in acute care setting, Tampa FL
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conf: Aeromedical Evacuation in a War Zone-Not Your Average Flight- Tampa FL
Bagram, AFB, Afghanistan, CEN and CFRN review course
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference; Snakes, Cats and Puppy Dog Bites. Tampa FL
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference; EMINENCE Mentoring Program- Academy of Emergency Nsg, Tampa FL
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference; Differential Diagnosis of Chest Pain, Baltimore, MD
ENA Annual Conference: Methods of Digital Blocks and Local Anesthetics, Baltimore, MD
ENA Annual Conference; Emergencies from the Neck up. Baltimore MD
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference Civilian &Military Flight Nursing; the Sky is Not the Limit! Minneapolis, MN
Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference; Black, White & Shades of Grey, Chest X-Ray interpretation, Minn, MN
Keynote: Homecoming Alumni, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) Annual conference; Force Development, Salt Lake, UT
Emergency Nurses Assoc Annual Conference, Differential Diagnosis of Chest Pain, Salt Lake, UT
ENA Annual Conference; Black, White & Shades of Grey, Chest X-Ray interpretation, St Lake, UT
Emergency Nurses Association State Conf; Snakes, Cats and Puppy Dog Bites, Renton, WA
ENA Annual Conference; Methods of Digital Blocks and Local Anesthetics, San Antonio, TX
ENA Annual Conference; Snakes, Cats and Puppy Dog Bites, San Antonio, TX
Alaska State Nursing Conf; Differential Diagnosis of Chest Pain, Anchorage AK
Alaska State Nursing Conf; Flight Nursing in the Middle East, Anchorage AK
Alaska State Nursing Conf; Emergencies from the Neck Up, Anchorage AK
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Annual Conference (AMSUS) Aeromedical Evacuation, St Lake, UT

Relevant PublicationsFlarity, K. Gentry, J. E, Mesnikoff, N. (2013). The Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Preventing and Treating Compassion Fatigue in Emergency Nurses. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. 35 (3), 1–12. Flarity, K.,Holcomb, B. & Gentry, E, (2014). Promoting Compassion Fatigue Resiliency Among ED nurses in: DNP Capstone Projects: Exemplars of Excellence in Practice. LWW Flarity, K. (2011). Compassion Fatigue. Emergency Nurses Association Connection. Vol 35, 7, pp. 10 Resiliency Training for Leaders
Kathleen has been described as an innovative transformational leader. With 41 years of military service including multiple commands and deployments, Dr. Kathleen Flarity is a dynamic leader and engaging speaker. Her seminars in Transformational Care Giving and Leadership Resiliency training may be tailored to meet the needs of your organization. Kathleen studied with renowned traumatologist Dr. Eric Gentry, who has conducted groundbreaking work on Compassion Fatigue. From that foundation, she has woven her leadership experience and research into a dynamic intervention that has been demonstrated to be statistically significant in improving compassion satisfaction, and decreasing burnout and secondary traumatic stress in the participants who engaged in her seminars. Leadership skill and support are key elements in implementing a meaningful and lasting cultural change. Individualized Resiliency Leadership Seminars include content for the clinical staff and instructions for leaders that can help them support the staff in their transformation. Additionally, techniques and methods needed to maintain the cultural change are shared. The seminars are grounded in the scientific understanding of biological functioning. By recognizing the role of the sympathetic nervous system response within the leader and environment, leaders are able to calm themselves, decrease workplace anxiety, and promote a healthy, engaged workforce. Dr. Kathleen Flarity teaches how to lead with calm, clarity, and compassion in the midst of chaos. She has a talent for clarifying life’s challenges, and providing personal examples and direct application of actionable interventions.

Medical/Nursing/EMS Education & Training
Dr. Kathleen Flarity has presented hundreds of educational offerings at various venues including Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Emergency Nurses Association, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, International Association of Forensic Nurses, and the Asian Pacific Military Nurses Exchange. Dr. Kathleen Flarity has experience as an EMT, emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse practitioner, Nurse Scientist, civilian air medical transport, and military Aeromedical Evacuation. She has provided emergency and resiliency training to EMS and facilitated resiliency training to 911 dispatchers. Resiliency training tailored to meet your needs can be combined with other Emergency/Trauma update or certification classes, or in combination with resiliency or leadership educational offerings. Other Educational Topics; any EMS/ED/Trauma/Flight topics can be customized for your organization. Contact Kathleen.flarity@uchealth.org to arrange training.