From Nightingale to the NHS, the Irish nurses who came to Britain's aid
A new book celebrates Irish nurses’ contribution to the British health service
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A new book celebrates Irish nurses’ contribution to the British health service
5280 The Clinic, a theater and dance company, is helping nurses struggling with compassion fatigue.Angela Ufheil • If long hours at work have left you feeling unfocused, irritable, or depressed, you’re familiar with burnout. For health care workers, that exhaustion takes a brutal form: compassion fatigue, wherein providers become so drained they struggle to empathize with their wards. Nurses, who work closely with patients, are especially susceptible, says Denver nurse Tara Rynders: “Everyone was feeling this way, but getting people to acknowledge it was like pulling teeth.” That...