Nursing expert outlines 3-step plan for addressing burnout, related stress
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 18, 2024
Burnout in nursing home staff has been a hot-button topic for years, but despite the spotlight, providers still need better tactics to diagnose and systematically address the issue in their buildings.
Program boosts positive emotions in healthcare workers
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 27, 2024
Systemic and organizational changes are vital to help healthcare workers manage stress and burnout, but workers also are looking for programs to help them develop individual resilience. An online, self-guided...
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 29, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 29, 2024
LeadingAge will join federal lawsuit to block staffing mandate … New tools, comprehensive training published to help manage aggression in dementia patients … Georgia law provides protections for...
The underappreciated bartenders of long-term care
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 21, 2024
Before you think poorly of me, let me explain. I was in the bar that afternoon only because I had heard such great things about the nachos. Not buying it? How about this: I was conducting an in-person...
More than half of nursing home workers caught in ‘vicious cycle’ of workplace violence, burnout
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 11, 2024
Nearly one out of every two nurses experienced workplace violence last year, according to a healthcare workforce survey recently released by Vivian Health. That number is even higher — fully 55% —...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 20, 2024
Flexibility second only to higher pay as top desire in new healthcare burnout report … NIH to invest an additional $515M for long COVID research … About half of healthcare workers witnessed racism,...
Caregiver burnout not harming patient care, study shows
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 05, 2024
With care worker weariness impossible to ignore in the long-term care sector, researchers have increasingly tried to learn whether burnout has led to lower care quality in nursing homes.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 10
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 10, 2023
Long colds may come after non-COVID respiratory infections … Groups team up to help healthcare workers grasp atypical parkinsonism … Studies spotlight doctor violence, burnout … Study: Medical cannabis...
Exercise improved healthcare worker burnout, attendance during pandemic, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 11, 2023
Physical fitness helped healthcare workers experiencing depression, burnout and facing sick days during the pandemic, and it could be a useful tool for the future. But people have to stick with the exercise...
These stress management moves can help nurses cope much longer
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 10, 2023
Interventions aimed at reducing work-related stress for nurses may lead to improvements in how people cope with stress up to a year later, according to Dutch researchers.