Article by The Conversation, Published by Fast Company. September 1, 2024.
Read the full article: https://www.fastcompany.com/91182467/health-care-workers-burnout-stress-creative-arts-therapy-research
Excerpt:
Doctors and nurses seldom learn in school how to tell a family that their loved one is not going to survive. Yet healthcare professionals face the immense burden of tragedy, illness, and dying in an intensely stressful setting as a routine, ongoing part of their jobs.
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, research was documenting rampant stress and burnout among healthcare professionals.
The effects of this crisis are widespread in the U.S. In 2022, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy raised concerns about the alarming levels of burnout in the healthcare community in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Studies show that if current trends continue, the U.S. will see a shortage of 1.1 million registered nurses, 3 million other healthcare workers and more than 140,000 physicians by 2033. A 2022 Mayo Clinic study reported that only 58% of physicians would choose to become a doctor again if offered a chance to revisit their career choice, dropping from 72% from just one year before.