Nurse shortage leads to burnout, low morale. What can be done?

Nurses are considered the backbone of the U.S. health care system, but there’s an unprecedented shortage. The U.S. needs more than 200,000 new registered nurses every year until 2030 to meet the demand.  Caitlyn Hall, a nurse at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., said she loves her job but the last few years haven’t … Read more

Pension problems, caregiver burnout, saying ‘no’ to nursing homes and more retirement news

From MarketWatch Retirement:  Here’s why you should be worried about state and local pensions. About 26 million people are relying on state and local pension plans to take care of them in their retirement years, but public pensions may be facing a massive fiscal shortfall, according to two economics professors. Caregiver burnout is a crisis. … Read more

Soccer-Arteta defends decision to play Saka despite burnout concerns

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta defended his decision not to rest winger Bukayo Saka in a 1-0 Europa League win over PSV Eindhoven on Thursday, saying the world’s top players are expected to perform at their best while playing once every three days. Another big win at Emirates Stadium! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/n092AEzgQr — Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 20, … Read more

What if Burnout Is Less About Work and More About Isolation? (NYT) – The Health Care Blog

BY HANS DUVEFELT This weekend I read a piece in The New York Times that put a slightly different slant on what burnout, in the case of physician burnout, is or is caused by. We have heard theories from being asked to do the wrong thing, like data entry, to “moral injury” to my favorite, … Read more