HealthCare Burnout
They are tired and looking for new careers or jobs to improve their mental health.
Okay, so how many people have read the article or are up-to-date on the 7 healthcare professionals quitting their facility to work at another one in their community for better pay and work/life balance? These individuals were being held until their employer could replace them. How does this make you feel?
Links to the articles
Thoughts?
How do you feel about this decision to block employees from quitting? What about internal transfers to a different department? What should be the maximum amount of time an employer can delay an internal transfer? It makes me angry, frustrated, and depressed. How about defeated?
These are all things that healthcare workers are dealing with on top of the stress and already work shortage. I want you to consider something...you have been working really hard over the past year, or maybe longer to complete a new degree and focus on your professional growth within an organization because...well you want to advance your career. Only to find out that after putting in all this hard work, research paper after paper, graduating with honors, several awards, and recognitions to find out that you cannot transfer. You are delayed for months for an internal transfer and you have no answers as to when you will or if you even will get to start this new career that you are excited for. Is this fair treatment?
Yes, many hospitals are working in a critical staffing mode, I get it. Not all of these changes are related to the pandemic that everyone is blaming. Sometimes it takes something like this occurring for people to recognize that they can do other things or that maybe this isn't something they want to do for the rest of their lives.
Is it okay for the department to delay a transfer for several months? This creates animosity and is not perceived well by other staff. At what point will they have to figure out how to operate this department without this employee? In my experience, the staffing isn't going to improve anytime soon. It is only going to worsen. When is enough, enough?
Mental Health
It's normal. Let's remove the stigma and talk about it more.
The mental agony that is happening in healthcare is scary right now. Healthcare professionals are doing and seeing enough sadness. They are working 40+ hours a week. They are even losing their own. Depression and stress are running ramped in healthcare. Even PTSD is real amongst health care professionals right now. We were not meant to see all of these deaths and super ill people that we want to save but we can't. Yes, we signed up for medicine, but this has become too much for some to handle. How do we help others, especially those hiding it from us? How can we, as a whole, recognize mental health?
Do you debrief? When should you debrief? You should debrief anytime something out of the norm occurs. Not everyone will want to talk about it, but it is important to listen to others. We will anayzle everything we do over and over. Debriefing should become more of a normal occurrence when things do not go as planned. These are not always done for bad outcomes. Think of it as a way to say "how could we have done this better?"
Remember someone next to you could be fighting their own battles so Be kind!
😊January is mental health awareness month.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
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800-273-8255
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