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Caring for the community during a pandemic can take a toll on frontline and other essential health care heroes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were days when you just wanted to cry, because these patients that you work so hard on to get them better, they weren\u2019t going to get better,\u201d Heidi Strub, RT, at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, shares.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was not difficult just emotionally, it was draining physically,\u201d Max Ceban, RT, at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, adds. \u201cIt\u2019s a dark memory in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch as Heidi, Max and their fellow caregivers reflect on the challenges of providing care in the time of COVID.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, MultiCare has the Code Lavender\u00a0program<\/a> to provide mental health and emotional support for health care workers.<\/p>\n

What is Code Lavender?<\/h2>\n

Code Lavender is a donor-powered program that began in 2016 to provide peer-to-peer incident stress management following a traumatic event. Led by a team of physicians, nurses, chaplains, social workers and mental health counselors, Code Lavender offers debriefings, educational presentations, reflection rounds and spiritual care to help employees reduce stress and avoid burnout.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople will share their heart for a minute, and then they go back to being brave, back into that role of being a hero,\u201d MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital Chaplain, Jim Cornwell, says. Code Lavender is important for \u201csitting beside and being there in the little windows when they just need to process something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, Code Lavender has grown to include a 24\/7 employee support hotline and twice-weekly virtual leadership roundtables to talk through challenges and strategize for success.<\/p>\n

Gifts through the MultiCare Health Foundation help Code Lavender expand even further. Donations will help broaden educational, psychological and spiritual resources and extend the program\u2019s geographical reach to MultiCare employees serving in the Inland Northwest.<\/p>\n

Your gift today<\/a>\u00a0helps ensure caregivers will receive rapid-response care as they face extreme emotional and physical hurdles every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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