Trauma in the Healthcare Workplace
Rita Denome • February 10, 2025
While I was working as a hospital nurse. I experienced and witnessed the effect of trauma for myself and others serving on the front lines of medical care. These doctors, firefighters, nurses and first responders face life altering experiences one after another and move quickly from one to the next without processing or debriefing. The exposure of each experience can pile up and become more than a person can handle. Many medical professionals find themselves in a state of burnout.
Check out this article- Addressing Health Care Workers' Trauma Can Help Fight Burnout
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