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Interventions to Overcome Nurse Burnout

American Nurse

Nurse burnout was studied for years before COVID-19, and the pandemic brought nurse burnout to the public eye. Burnout is associated with workload and lack of support that nurses experience in critical care areas such as ICUs (Buckley et al., 2020; Romppanen et al., 2019, Forsyth et al.,

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Top 4 Challenges Nurses Faced in 2020

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

Phongthorn Hiranlikhit/123RF.com Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization designated the year 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife to honor the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth and to emphasize the vital role that nurses play in global healthcare.

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International Study Examines Mental Health and Well-being of Nurses and Physicians

Consult QD

hospitals participating in the Magnet4Europe initiative, launched in January 2020 to improve the mental health and well-being of nurses, physicians and other healthcare professionals in Europe. 22% of nurses reported job dissatisfaction, and 40% indicated they intended to leave in the next year, if possible.

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Travel Nursing Pre and Post-Pandemic

The Gypsy Nurse

The COVID-19 pandemic shined a bright light on the ongoing shortage — a shortage due in part to nurses retiring, a lack of nurse educators, and an aging patient population living longer with chronic medical conditions. The shortages have led to nurse burnout, which has played a role in decreasing retention levels.

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Nurse.com and HOLLIBLU Join Together To Grow Nurse Community

Nurse.com

According to our 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report , 29% of nurses (across all licenses) are considering leaving the profession, compared to only 11% in our 2020 survey. This percentage can be attributed to different factors, including staffing concerns and nurse burnout.

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Nurses Take Top Spot for Honesty and Ethics in Gallup Poll

Nurse.com

In the poll, 79% of Americans who participated in the survey rated nurse honesty and ethics as very high or high. Nurses continued to care for patients with COVID-19 and address the fears that come with the diagnosis. The pandemic also exacerbated the challenges nurses already faced before COVID-19 and created new ones.

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Recovering from Burnout: Tips on Healing from Exhaustion

Minority Nurse

Any nurse who’s worked long hours with no rest knows that burnout is real. In fact, 62% of nurses have experienced burnout, according to a 2020 survey. While the pandemic is over, nurses still experience exhaustion from too much stress and overexertion at the workplace.