HealthLeaders Media January 8, 2024
G Hatfield

Burnout is everywhere, and it has become a matter of patient safety.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– A recent study found that primary care facilities that employ nurse practitioners dealing with stress and burnout are seeing higher rates of older patients needing emergency care.

– Nurse burnout has a direct impact on patient safety and quality of care.

– CNOs need to develop better working conditions for nurses to help them avoid burnout.

It’s no secret that nurses and healthcare professionals across the industry are burnt out.

Nurses are feeling overworked and undervalued, and since the COVID-19 pandemic and the massive nursing shortage, it has only gotten worse.

Nurse and nurse practitioner burnout is known to have a direct impact on the...

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