American Academy of Nursing consensus recommendations to advance system level change for nurse well-being

The workplace demands of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to augment documented factors which increase risks to well-being and contribute to health challenges for nurses and other healthcare professionals. The lack of unified global and national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic exposed skeletal public health structures poorly equipped to detect and manage widespread infectious disease. It has prompted closer examination of stressors that over decades have contributed to widespread burnout, negative health outcomes, including mental health, and the loss of nurses to the profession as a result of such factors (Rosa  et al.

Source: Nursing Outlook - February 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Madeline A. Naegle, Lesly A. Kelly, Jennifer L. Embree, Nancy Valentine, Daryl Sharp, Doris Grinspun, Vicki P. Hines-Martin, Cecelia L. Crawford, William E. Rosa Source Type: research