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The root causes of nursing burnout are varied – as are potential solutions for it. However, given that nurses are frequently responsible for clinical documentation, it's perhaps not surprising that reducing documentation burden is frequently cited as a key strategy for fighting burnout.    Whether it's through more in-depth electronic health record training or by taking an outside-the-box look at workflows, nursing executives shared their ideas with Healthcare IT News for reducing documentation burden – and acknowledged the hurdles that remain in the way.   "Unfortunately, we haven’...

Photo: FS productions/Blend Images LLC/Getty Images In a recent study, researchers associated more favorable electronic health record usability scores with lower odds of burnout among nurses.    Unfortunately, that study also found that nurses scored their EHR usability at an F – which seems to bode ill for workplace satisfaction in an already stressful environment.   Still, it's not all bad news: Nursing executives from hospitals around the country told Healthcare IT News that they've come to rely on a large range of digital health tools during the COVID-19 pandemic. And, they say, t...