Confronting Health Worker Burnout and Well-Being

Healthcare provider distress before and since Covid-19

“…Thus, health trainees and professionals warrant organizational support to mitigate the harmful effects of stress and trauma, prevent burnout, and provide readily accessible treatment for emotional and mental health challenges. The urgency to create a healthier work environment is only increasing [ 4 , 10 ]. Proactive screening, such as the AFSP's ISP [ 8 ], helps identify healthcare workers with untreated depression and refer them to necessary treatments, which can potentially improve workforce health, wellbeing, morale, and the quality of patient care.…”

Neonatologist staffing models: urgent change is needed

“…Additionally, staffing models often do not have sufficient reserve for the inevitable needs that arise for medical, personal, and family leave that all neonatologists encounter at multiple points during their career. This, coupled with medical and academic cultures that discourage taking leave due to effects on career advancement or causing extra work for colleagues, has progressively contributed to workforce burnout and attrition [ 6 ]. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified these issues, increased burnout in health care providers [ 7 – 10 ] and widened the workforce gender gap [ 11 ].…”

The Perspective of Value in Caring for Critically Ill Patients—Is It All About the Benjamins?

“…In this setting of increased demands on the ED, we have witnessed a diminishing supply of caregivers, with physicians, nurses, and ancillary personnel leaving the field as a result of devastating stress. 9 The House of Medicine, as termed previously, 10 has a responsibility to patients and their families but also to the clinical teams who provide their care. The ED-ICU model acknowledges the skills and talents of EM physicians and nurses who have critical care expertise and provides the appropriate venue to use those skills to benefit the critically ill patient.…”