Speaking Engagements
Trauma-informed talks for the people who run toward what others run from — nurses, EMS, fire, police, dispatchers, and the leaders who serve them.
Real language. Clinical honesty. Practical tools your team can use Monday morning.
Your People Are Carrying More Than the Badge or Stethoscope
Death exposure. Moral injury. Grief that never gets debriefed. Institutional betrayal. Your frontline teams are doing extraordinary work — and paying an invisible price. When leaders bring in the right voice, they signal: we see it, and we're doing something about it.
Hospitals & Health Systems
Nursing weeks, grand rounds, retreats, and staff wellness days for RNs, MDs, NPs, PAs, RTs, chaplains, and social workers.
Fire, Police & EMS
Shift briefings, academy classes, peer-support trainings, and department-wide events for first responders, dispatchers, and medevac crews.
Conferences & Associations
Keynotes, breakouts, and panels for healthcare, public safety, chaplaincy, and behavioral health conferences.
Kristen Tosaw, RN, NP
30+ years in medicine. ICU, CVICU, ER, L&D, ground ambulances, fixed wing, and 700 medevac flights as an RN. Emergency medicine and palliative/hospice care as a Nurse Practitioner. Adjunct BSN educator since 2018.
Kristen doesn't speak about frontline trauma — she speaks from it. Her sessions blend clinical realism, story, and trauma-integration tools that respect the intelligence and lived experience of the room.
Speaking Topics
Each talk can be delivered as a 45-minute keynote, a 90-minute workshop, or a half-day intensive — tailored to your team's roles and realities.
Trauma in the Workplace
What career-related trauma actually looks like — death exposure, moral injury, cumulative grief — and why willpower, wellness apps, and pizza parties can't fix it.
The HEAL Framework
Hear & Hold, Honor & Humanize, Harness & Heal — a trauma-integration model your team can use on shift, in debriefs, and at home.
Institutional Betrayal & Moral Injury
The wound no one names — and how leaders, peer supporters, and clinicians can respond without minimizing or moralizing.
From Burnout to Trauma Growth
Why calling it "burnout" often misses the point — and how to move active intrusions into history so your best people stay in the profession.
Boundaries Without Losing Your Heart
Practical tools for compassion, empathy, and self-preservation — designed for people who can't (and won't) stop caring.
Custom Talks for Your Team
Have a specific incident, retreat theme, or wellness initiative? Kristen builds bespoke talks in partnership with your leadership.
What Frontline Helpers Say
Kristen's voice lands because she has stood where they stand.
"Kristen had a way of making me feel heard and seen. Working with her was one of the most transformative experiences of my life."
"She helped me process trauma I had been carrying from COVID-era patient losses — grief I didn't even realize was still affecting me."
"The HEAL acronym and the types of betrayals we can experience as nurses — I've been a nurse 8 years and I had never heard any of it. Powerful."
Bring This Conversation to Your Team
Whether you're planning a nursing week, a department in-service, an academy class, or a national conference — tell Kristen about your team, your date, and what you're hoping this talk will unlock. She'll respond personally within 2 business days.
- ✓ Keynotes, workshops, and half-day intensives
- ✓ In-person and virtual formats
- ✓ Custom-tailored to your team's roles
- ✓ Available nationwide
Prefer to talk first? Email kristen@healthehelp.care.
Speaking Inquiry
Share a few details and Kristen will be in touch.
