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🟠 [CHNC 2026] - Why burnout is a Systems Problem and not a personal failure.

The Incubator Channel · 30 Oct 2026 · 31 min

Summary

Recorded at the CHNC Symposium, this interview with Dr Jennifer Kett, head of bioethics and palliative care at Seattle Children's, explores secondary trauma in the NICU, including vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, moral distress, moral residue and institutional betrayal. She discusses personal warning signs, why clinicians try to cope alone, how teams can share difficult cases, and why burnout needs system-level solutions.

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