Chief Healthcare Executive November 25, 2023
Nurses don’t think that their facilities offer adequate support for their mental health. Hospitals must take steps to take care of their nurses.
Over the last few years, the issue of clinician mental health has been thrust into the national spotlight, as the public became aware of the challenges of a job where life and death scenarios are routine.
As a former bedside nurse myself, I can attest that the emotional demands of the job can be intense at best, and all-consuming at worst. As a 24-year-old charge nurse, I had little time to process any of the things I saw on a daily basis and was expected to simply keep going.
Today, I work with the team at Trusted...