Tag: stress
The Impact of Neonatal Simulations on Trainees Stress and Performance
Neonatal simulations cause significant anticipatory and participatory stress. Despite this, trainees' performance score in simulation was over 80%. Simulated death did not impact performance, magnitude of rise in salivary... read more
Physician Depression and Suicidality
As physicians, we frequently care for patients with depression and suicidal ideations. On occasion, we may also have to treat patients who have actively attempted suicide via methods such as medication overdose or self-inflicted... read more
A Trauma Nurse Reflects On Compassion Fatigue
Kristin Laurel, a flight nurse from Waconia, Minn., has worked in trauma units for over two decades. The daily exposure to distressing situations can sometimes result in compassion fatigue. That burnout is what Laurel says... read more
FDA Approves Label Changes for Pediatric General Anesthetic and Sedation Drugs
The FDA has approved labeling changes regarding the use of general anesthetic and sedation medicines in children younger than 3 years. General anesthetic and sedation drugs are necessary for patients, including young children... read more
Mindfulness Program Aims to Help Nurses Better Manage Stress
Creating a nursing workforce that is resilient to occupational stress and burnout is critical for engagement, job satisfaction and retention, as well as the overall success of any healthcare organization. The overall goal... read more
Many Factors Contribute to Nurses' Alarm Response Time
Multiple factors including nurses' experience and assignments determined how fast they responded when monitoring alarms were triggered in a children's hospital, a video analysis found. Nurses were more likely to... read more
Changing Mindsets to Enhance Treatment Effectiveness
This Viewpoint defines mindsets - frames of mind that orient beliefs or expectations - discusses how they can influence patients' perceptions about treatment and self-efficacy, and proposes ways physicians might shape... read more
Intraoperative Oxidative Stress Associated With Postoperative Delirium
Intraoperative oxidative stress is associated with postoperative delirium in ICU patients after cardiac surgery, a study has found. Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville, Tenn., came to this... read more
How Redesigning The Abrasive Alarms Of Hospital Soundscapes Can Save Lives
After a recent hospital stay filled with frightening, uselessly beeping gadgets, an ambient musician set to work reinventing the aural landscape of medicine, to make life calmer for patients and easier for doctors. ... read more
A Letter to a Young Emergency Doctor
When I was starting out, I was told there were three types of doctors doing emergency medicine: missionaries, adrenaline junkies, and fools. I was all three. Now that I’m burning out at the other end of my career, I have... read more
Physician Burnout Is A Public Health Crisis: A Message To Our Fellow Health Care CEOs
The consequences of physician burnout are significant, and threaten our U.S. health care system, including patient safety, quality of care, and health care costs. Costs are impacted by burnout in direct ways (e.g. turnover,... read more
This doctor beat burnout by doing these 5 things
Burnout syndrome is a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. I burned out early. Right out of fellowship, I no longer wanted to be a doctor. The grueling hours, my grumpy... read more
Why physician mindfulness could improve patient care and prevent health care disparities
Most recently, we hypothesized that mindfulness might have even further benefits for patients, in terms of reducing racial and ethnic inequalities in care. Studies have shown health care providers hold implicit racial and... read more
The Emotional Toll of Treating Victims of Violence
Hospital leaders are implementing several techniques to address the lasting trauma of disaster emergencies. Hospital disaster drills often focus on transporting patients to the emergency department and moving them into the... read more
New Guideline Will Allow First-Year Doctors to Work 24-Hour Shifts
First-year doctors in training will now be permitted to work shifts lasting as long as 24 hours, eight hours longer than the current limit, according to a professional organization that sets work rules for graduates from... read more
