Beyond the Surface: Debriefing for Sustainability in Healthcare
Trauma becomes cumulative in the absence of support. This directly influences the ability to cope effectively and may result in leaving the profession (Sheen et al., 2022; Shorey et al., 2022). Several studies have shown that nurses and health care providers desire support after a serious event, yet organizations often offer inadequate emotional support (Burlison et al., 2017; Crawford & Williams, 2024; Shorey et al., 2022).
Debriefing invites you to be a part of the solution.
The existing literature tends to be grouped into either guided team discussions to support learning for future outcomes or structured clinical debriefing strategies designed to minimize the psychological consequences of traumatic events. Both have the potential to influence the well-being and experiences of healthcare workers (Evans et al., 2023).
The ADPRN Debriefing Framework for Healthcare Workers does both. It joins both learning outcomes and psychological safety as a means to foster retention, healthcare worker well-being and safety for patients and staff alike.
August 15th, 2025 // 9am - 3:30pm | TheStarTUp at the Armory |
307 Washington Avenue. Towson, Maryland 21204
Learn more about location and its history.
The ADPRN Framework is designed for nurses and healthcare professionals across all roles and specialties - bedside staff, managers, directors, educators, faculty, and those looking to take on informal or formal leadership roles, as well as those who are already doing so.
We’ve heard from many of you that have a debriefing form, one that you haven’t received training on that asks the outdated question, "What could we have done better?" This full-day debriefing training will embolden you to integrate a new approach to debriefing.
Join us individually or bring your team to discover how to establish a formal debriefing program in your unit, department, or organization.
You will leave equipped with the tools, resources, and a clear plan to facilitate debriefings with confidence, consistency, and ongoing support to ensure your success.
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| Objectives | What to Expect
Recognizing Our Humanness
Utilize the principles of trauma-informed communication, participate in solution oriented discussions through education, self reflection, peer support and community.
Meeting Your Nervous System
Recognize stress related behaviors as biological responses and practice self compassion, compassionate latitude and regulation techniques towards these responses.
Examine your optimal zone of emotional functioning and learn tools to anchor in nervous system with a focus on co-regulation in a peer-to-peer environment.
Debriefing in Daily Work
Explore meaningful debriefing practices as a tool for cultivating psychological safety within daily interaction.
Debriefing in Daily Work is a set of trauma informed tools + techniques that can be incorporated into every day interactions to cultivate psychological safety - a first step in ADPRN framework implementation that can begin immediately.
ADPRN Debriefing Framework for Healthcare Workers
Discuss the role of acknowledgement as a foundation for debriefing practice to enhance psychological safety.
Prepare to integrate the ADPRN Debriefing Framework for Healthcare Workers.
ADPRN serves as a guide for healthcare workers during debriefings, emphasizing the importance of Acknowledging our humanity, openly Discussing quality and safety measures in a retaliation free environment, Processing experiences and emotions while focusing on Recovering a sense of safety through co-regulation in a peer-to-peer environment thus Nourishing oneself and Normalizing the use of supportive mental health resources to ensure healthcare workers can care for themselves and provide dignified, safe, quality patient care.
Use this guide, script and approach to normalize the use of support resources and enhance the well-becoming of individuals, units + systems.
The ADPRN Framework is currently being utilized in 15 units across the state of Maryland!
Plan Ahead Pricing
Available until July 5th
Price increase beyond this date.
Investment + Registration
Paid In Full
$240
Payment Plan
2 payments of $120
Registration closes August 5th.
Registration Includes
Professionally bound and printed Debriefing Toolkit + digital download
5.0 CNE contact hours from Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc.
Nutritious meal: Light breakfast and lunch
Afternoon Coffee + Greek Dessert Table
BONUS: Optional Virtual Office Hours 4 and 8 weeks post training to discuss barriers, challenges, solutions and successes surrounding implementation.
Customized packages available if support is desired beyond this offering.
Nursing Professionals will earn 5.0 contact hours through Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc. for attending. Debriefing the Front Lines is an accredited providing of continuing nursing education and professional development. Nursing Provider Number: LT0308-0621.
Register by August 5th to reserve your spot!
Meet the Faculty
Tara and Maggie have worked together as consultants supporting the Maryland Patient Safety Center in numerous Trauma-Informed Leadership Trainings and a statewide Perinatal Debriefing Initiative.
Tara Ryan Kosmas
MSN, RN, NC-BC, CHSE, SOAR
Founding Executive Director, Debriefing the Front Lines
Life as a burn survivor shaped Tara’s experience and led her to the nursing profession. Tara’s experience spans 21 years and includes burns, academia, peer support and debriefing.
Just 16 days after a global pandemic was declared, one by one Tara began Debriefing the Front Lines.
Debriefing the Front Lines has facilitated over 4,000 1:1 sessions for those navigating single incident and Cumulative Care Taking Trauma®
Since leaving academia, Tara and her team have become well-known advocates in the mental health space as they work to bring debriefing as a national resource and standard of practice for health care workers.
When not working with 1:1 clients, Tara is leading CE workshops, speaking, collaborating with hospital partners and managing the day to day operations of Debriefing the Front Lines.
“As the scope of trauma changes, so must the way we approach post-traumatic response recovery. Debriefing is the touchstone to help us in being honest about the facts and processing our emotions while simultaneously working towards systems and policy change”
Maggie Runyon
MSN, RNC-OB, CYT-200
Maggie Runyon (she/her) is a nurse, educator, writer, and speaker.
She began her nursing career in 2009 and has since practiced in hospitals and communities around the country, primarily in labor and birth environments. Maggie is currently pursuing her PhD in Nursing and loves educating, mentoring, and learning alongside other nurses. She recently published her first book, I Thought I Was Here to Help: Unveiling the Healthcare System, Unleashing the Nurse Advocate, which chronicles her early career journey and the lessons she has learned through it.
Her advocacy focuses on improving perinatal care in hospital environments through trauma-informed care, community collaboration, and reflection on nurse identity. When she's not dreaming up good trouble with other changemakers, she's doing yoga, reading a book, traveling, indulging in delicious food, soaking in fresh air outside, or hanging with her awesome partner and kids.
