Understanding the emotional and physical stress from caregiving

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Updates from the Experts, with professor Paula Sherwood

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.

"Understanding the emotional and physical stress from caregiving," an hour-long Zoom presentation, will be presented by professor Paula Sherwood, PhD, RN, CNRN, FAAN, a nurse scientist who studies caregiver interventions for patients with brain cancers. Sherwood's presentation is part of the School's Continuing Education Updates from the Experts series event. A virtual presentation September 11, 2025, 4-5 PM on Zoom

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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 Credits^TM
• 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.