Pandemic Journal of Nursing

Nurse Burnout: A Profession in Crisis

Tags: burnout COVID-19 nursing shortage Pandemic

The COVID pandemic created the perfect storm with nurses retiring early and even quitting due to the overwhelming stress caused by the pandemic. A Nurse Manager, two staff nurses and a new nursing graduate working in the acute care hospital setting shared their view of why they think nurses are deciding to leave their current nursing jobs. Sadly most nurses reading this article, will likely relate to the stories that have contributed to nurse burnout and why nurses are leaving the profession and why we as a profession find ourselves in a critical crisis.

Submitted by Maureen Kroning, RN EdD

Ethical considerations for the mentally unwell in a global pandemic

Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 ethical principles ethical principles in nursing ethical standards ethical values ethics Mental Illness nursing ethics Pandemic

A case review on a mentally Ill patient during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Submitted by Anthony Ragnauth

Who Will Be Left to Care for You?

Tags: acute care care coronavirus COVID-19 healthcare workers nurse workload nursing Pandemic

It is sadly too late to help many our front line healthcare workers who have contracted the deadly COVID-19 virus. We need to find a way to help the rest NOW in order to save their lives and in turn they can save your life.

Submitted by Maureen Kroning, RN EdD

Get Published for Free

RN's, Nursing Students, Educators & Health Care Professionals: Submit your article, story, or research paper to be considered for publishing. Over 40,000 readers per month. It's free and always has been since we started in 2001.

Browse by Tag

advocate aging anesthesia behavior cardiac care Case Study child children clinical compassion COVID-19 death diabetes disease education emergency department end of life ethical principles ethical values ethics family graduates health health care ICU medication mental health nurse Nurse Education nursing nursing education nursing ethics nursing faculty nursing school nursing students PACU patient care patient outcomes patient safety pediatric poem profession risk factors stress student nurse students teaching therapy treatment

Most Popular Last Month

1. Nurses Eat Their Young; An Insight Into Systematic Hazing and its Implications on Patient Care	2. Attitude Matters: Attitudes and Values in Nursing
3. What Are The Effects Of Floating to Nurses And Patient Care?	4. Conflict Resolution - Tools for Nursing Success
5. FNP Student Assessment of Acute Abdominal Pain	6. Pregnancy in African Cultures
7. Spinal Block versus Epidural Block	8. Impact of Language Barriers on Patient Safety
9. Importance of Interprofessional Collaboration, Communication and Teambuilding	10. Keeping a Positive Outlook: My Clinical Experience as a Student Nurse

More from RN Journal

Rapid Response Team to the Rescue

Disease Preveniton and Health Promotion Screening: Breast Cancer

Insuring the Uninsured: Hispanic Communities

Respect: A Duty One to Another

Increasing New Graduate Nurse Retention from a Student Nurse Perspective

An Outstanding Journey of a British Nurse to the Yakut Lepers in Siberia

Recovering from Tragedy and Surgery

Skin - A Poem

Risperdal and Autism

"Phase 1; Exploration of paramedic protocol for field IV insertion" and "Field IVs: To Replace or Not"