Source : MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report.
Health workers faced overwhelming demands and experienced crisis levels of burnout before the COVID-19 pandemic; the pandemic presented unique challenges that further impaired their mental health.
Source : Workplace Health & Safety.
This study examines the potential mediating and moderating role of sleep and decision latitude in translating work–family conflict into depression.
Source : Journal of the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare.
Exposure to chemotherapy is an occupational hazard predisposing nurses to severe health effects. The purpose of this integrative review was to identify the recent literature describing the risk factors for occupational exposure to chemotherapy among nurses.
Source : American Journal of Public Health.
Burnout among health care workers has been rising for years and is associated with increased risk of job dissatisfaction, suicide, and poor patient outcomes.1–5 COVID-19 brought this issue to the forefront. By the end of 2021, more than 60% of physicians and advanced practice clinicians reported burnout, and in 2022, 45% of nurses reported feeling burned out, 51% emotionally drained, and 56% used up.6,7 In 2021, more than half of public health workers reported symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, and nearly a third reported an intention to leave their organization in the next year.
Source : American Journal of Public Health.
Coming at a time when burnout rates were already high, the COVID-19 pandemic physically and mentally further stressed our nation’s health care workforce, leading to record levels of burnout, moral distress, and moral injury. In response, Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy released an advisory on building a thriving health workforce in 2022 with the specific aim of targeting health worker burnout to improve health and well-being and strengthen the nation’s public health infrastructure. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said, “We owe all health workers—from doctors to hospital custodial staff—an enormous debt. And as we can clearly see and hear throughout this Surgeon General’s Advisory, they’re telling us what our gratitude needs to look like: real support and systemic change that allows them to continue serving to the best of their abilities.”
Source : AORN Journal.
The updated AORN “Guideline for safe patient handling and movement” provides recommendations on safe patient handling and mobility programs to decrease patient and personnel injuries.
Source : CDC
The American Journal of Public Health recently published a special supplement with 15 articles focusing on health worker mental health. This special issue of the journal was sponsored and edited by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and stems from the health worker mental health initiative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIOSH. Research indicates health workers experience high levels of physical injury, harassment, stress, and burnout and many health workers intend to leave their positions or the field altogether. Protecting and supporting health worker mental health has important implications for the nation’s health system and our public health infrastructure.
Source : Journal of the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare.
Cette étude exploratoire visait à synthétiser les principaux troubles observés sur les chevilles et les pieds des infirmières, leur prévalence, l’influence du nombre d’heures passées à marcher ou à se tenir debout, et les différences entre les sexes.
Source : Journal of the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare.
L’objectif de cette étude était d’explorer la relation entre la force de préhension et les blessures ou douleurs orthopédiques chez les infirmières et les étudiantes en soins infirmiers.
Source : Journal of the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare.
L’objectif de ce projet était de sensibiliser au détournement de médicaments et l’abus de substances, d’éduquer les prestataires à l’importance de ce problème de santé au travail, de mettre en œuvre de nouveaux protocoles et politiques, et de développer de nouvelles méthodes pour lutter contre cette épidémie qui touche le système de soins de santé et le pays.