Chief Healthcare Executive September 14, 2023
With the observance of National Suicide Prevention Week, Sarah Wells of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses talks about self-care, getting help and how hospitals can help their staff.
Nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers have long struggled with their mental health, and now those challenges are gaining more attention.
Physician burnout has reached a new high, according to a 2022 study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Nurses have said their mental health has suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
While clinicians aren’t facing the constant chaos when COVID-19 hospitalizations peaked, healthcare workers are struggling amidst staffing shortages, workplace violence, and the stress of seeing sick and dying people on a daily basis.
Healthcare workers are at higher risk for suicide....
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