RCN Nottinghamshire branch meeting and webinar
The impact of compassion fatigue and moral distress on nurses: experiences from prison health care
04 Mar 2026, 18:00 - 19:30
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All RCN Nottinghamshire members are invited to attend their next branch meeting, which will also incorporate a webinar focusing on the impact of compassion fatigue and moral distress on nurses.
The impact of compassion fatigue and moral distress on nurses: experiences from prison health care
In this session, Dr Liz Walsh, the RCN UK Professional Lead for Justice and Forensic Healthcare, will consider some key theoretical concepts affecting nurses and nursing practice, drawing on her experiences of working in and around prison healthcare settings.
She will consider how these concepts can impact on staff wellbeing, incivility, team working and patient safety. We will explore the importance of reflecting on practice and the need to ensure compassionate workplaces, where nurses feel supported and able to provide good quality patient care whilst maintaining their own wellbeing.
Liz qualified as a Nurse in 1995 and has worked in and around justice settings ever since as a clinician, academic, researcher, inspector, and practice developer. She has been the UK Professional Lead Nurse for Justice and Forensic Nursing at the Royal College of Nursing since July 2021, where she supports nurses and nursing practice in all areas of justice and forensic healthcare. This includes police custody, courts, prisons, youth detention, immigration and removal centres, sexual assault referral centres and secure forensic mental health services.
Liz is passionate about professional development and ensuring support for nurses working in justice and forensic settings. Her research and development activity focuses on understanding the emotional labour of working in justice and forensic settings, and the implications of it on staff and provision of compassionate practice. She promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to caring for people in justice settings and champions the use of effective reflective practice to manage the challenges of caring in these environments.
The meeting and webinar will be held on Microsoft Teams and you will need to register to attend, so please book your place here.
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