NPR (3/31, Chatterjee) reports, “Most nurses and other frontline health workers worked relentlessly over the past two years, surge after surge, through countless deaths and severe staffing shortages.” Now, “a majority are struggling with psychiatric symptoms.” For that reason, many nurses “want to see more support for their colleagues dealing with the emotional fallout from the” COVID-19 pandemic. Many now want “employers to create a less stressful, more supportive work environment with better access to mental healthcare, and a culture where it’s OK to ask for help.” Meanwhile, some nurses are “taking things into their own hands by being more open about their own mental health, and creating a way for nurses in crisis to get support from their peers.”
Related Links:
— “A nurse’s death raises the alarm about the profession’s mental health crisis “Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, April 31, 2022