Updates from the Experts with Paula Sherwood, PhD, RN, CNRN, FAAN
Understanding the Emotional and Physical Stress from Caregiving
By Paula Sherwood, PhD, RN, CNRN, FAAN, professor
A virtual presentation
September 11, 2025, 4-5 PM on Zoom
One out of every five people in the United States is a family caregiver, providing functional, financial, and emotional support to persons with chronic illnesses. The stress of providing care is persistently linked to both poor emotional and physical health. We will discuss how emotional stress impacts physical health and how caregiver health can be maintained.
Learning objectives:
At the end of the session, the learner will:
- Describe physiologic stress pathways involved in increasing risk for immune dysfunction
- Identify poor physiologic health outcomes reported in family caregivers
- Explain the impact of psychoeducational interventions on caregiver health
Clinical Updates from the Experts series description:
Through participation in the Updates from the Experts series, clinicians will increase knowledge of available research evidence to optimize patient outcomes, describe strategies for translating current evidence to practice settings, and identify gaps in the current clinical knowledge base that, through new research, could be addressed to improve population health.
Target Audience: nurses, physician assistants, physicians, students, and researchers.
Credit Offered
- 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME Credits
- 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
- 1.0 Contact Hours
- 1.0 IPCE Credits
- 1.0 Hours of Participation
For more information, including accreditation information, please see the Paula Sherwood Lecture CE Information.