How Can Health Care Organizations Address Burnout? A Description of the Dr. Lorna Breen Act Grantees

Source avec lien : American Journal of Public Health, 114(S2). 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307459

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.

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.

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