3 Strategies for Combating Nurse Burnout During and After the Pandemic
As frontline nurses continue to care for the growing number of COVID-19 patients, enact strategies to reduce their risk of burning out. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses were already facing a high burnout rate—with nearly four out of 10 nurses reporting they felt burned out—possibly due to long hours, increased workloads, weak work cultures, fragmented communication from leadership, and the emotional toll from caring for significantly ill patients. Then nurses stepped up when the pandemic hit, putting their own fears and exhaustion aside, as well as the needs of their families, to ...
Source: healthleadersmedia.com