Becker's Healthcare November 17, 2023
Virtual sitting has been touted as a technology that can help prevent falls in patients while reducing burnout in healthcare workers. But what do nurses actually think about it?
Researchers surveyed 74 of them from Renton, Wash.-based Providence, twice a day for three weeks, and found that virtual sitting — where caregivers monitor patients remotely — improved their “emotional labor” and “emotional exhaustion” over in-person sitting.
“This study supports our experience that virtual sitting improves the well-being of...