Posttest for Compassion's Role in Coping with Psychological Trauma in the Medical Setting

What is a common experience for close family members of a seriously ill child?*

A. Anxiety/fear/terror
B. Helplessness
C. Anger
D. All of the above

Important techniques to use as a healthcare clinician to optimize relationships with the infant and family include:*

A. Self-reflection
B. Self-care outside of the clinical setting
C. Listening to colleagues opinions in passing conversations
D. Both A&B

True or False? Compassion begets compassion: when staff are provided an opportunity for a safe, holding space to cultivate self-awareness and self-compassion, they can more adequately maintain a psychologically safe space to better co-regulate parents and patients in times of stress.*

A. True
B. False

Which combination of definitions are most accurate:*

A. Sympathy is imagining another’s emotional experience; empathy is feeling pity for them; compassion is fixing their problems.
B. Sympathy is a pity-based response that lacks relational understanding; empathy is an affective response that utilizes acknowledgement and understanding that involves emotional resonance; compassion involves empathic understanding, emotional resonance and relational effort to reduce suffering.
C. Sympathy is the preferred experience by patients because they feel staff care for them; empathy involves emotional resonance; compassion includes empathy.

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