Articles Tagged With: burnout
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Educators Hope Emergency Nurse Residency Program Can Improve Retention, Prevent Burnout
What is the best way to prepare a new nurse for the challenges and requirements of an ED? The answer might be a comprehensive emergency nurse residency program capable of providing graduates and nurses new to the emergency environment with the judgment, skills, and resilience to launch long and successful careers.
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Focus on Quintuple Aim to Address Workforce Burnout and Equity
If there is anything the COVID-19 crisis has shown healthcare leaders and case managers, it is the triple aim of focusing on improving population health, enhancing care experience, and reducing overall costs is not enough to improve value-based care. A quintuple aim of also prioritizing health equity and workforce wellness/burnout is needed. Both became crises during the pandemic. -
It Is Not the Canary — It Is the Coal Mine
Too often, healthcare workers facing a panoply of mental maladies — burnout, trauma, moral injury — are expected to muster up resilience enough to overcome what is essentially a systems problem. The answer is to fix the coal mine, not build stronger canaries, an expert says. -
Physician Turnover Costs Millions in Excess Healthcare Spending
Each time a physician leaves his or her practice, that can lead to more than $86,000 in extra costs during the following year.
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Post-COVID-19 Behavioral Health for Patients and Providers
Questions about mental and behavioral health have been at the forefront of many minds, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Of course, the problem did not start with COVID-19. -
Infection Preventionists Experiencing Burnout, Moral Injury Amid Pandemic
Infection preventionists (IPs) are suffering along with their coworkers as an epidemic of burnout and job turnover roils the healthcare system amid an ongoing pandemic. According to a survey in press by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, 70% of IPs meet the criteria for “high stress” and 65% show symptoms of burnout.
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Burnout in the Critical Care Workforce
The burnout epidemic has plagued the medical profession for decades, with an escalating prevalence most recently fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Exodus: Emotional Suffering Driving Nurses from the Field
According to a survey by the American Nurses Foundation, nurses feel “betrayed,” “guilty,” and “like a failure.” Nurses reported feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, irritable, and anxious. One percent of respondents expressed suicidal ideation. -
Medical Simulators Can Prevent Med Mal Claims
Using medical simulators for obstetrics training can lower the incidence of medical malpractice claims, according to recent research from CRICO/Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Center for Medical Simulation. OB/GYNs who participated in medical simulation training experienced fewer claims in the retrospective analysis. The researchers compared malpractice claim rates for 292 OB/GYNs who were insured by the same company and attended at least one simulation training session over 17 years. -
Dealing with Angry Patients and Public During the Relentless Pandemic
Case managers and other providers see patients who are frustrated by long waits and the numerous, sometimes-changing infection prevention rules. The anger comes from more than just the patients who are sick with COVID-19. The pandemic has affected case management for all patients, not just those with COVID-19.