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"...health-care organizations could better support their workers' mental well-being by changing how long, and how frequently, employees are expected to work. Employees would also benefit from programs that help them develop skills to deal with workplace stressors"
"Through this period of time now into the second wave, almost a year into this, absolute fatigue has set in, and … we're absolutely in crisis," said @rodlim00, speaking about burnout among health-care professionals.
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Extract "Nurses are shown to have a 5 x higher risk of suicide than the general population"
We must immediately prioritise the mental wellbeing of staff, many of whom will be experiencing high levels of emotional distress in the Pandemic
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"Physician burnout has long been a serious concern in the medical community, with roughly 400 doctors dying by suicide each year in the United States." https://t.co/shLSLQdY5w
Female health care workers are experiencing COVID-19 burnout at high rates. Research by @sriharanabi finds shortages of staff & PPE are among the sources of stress. "The pandemic has helped to show that this is a systems issue that we need to address now."
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