Some workers have even left their jobs amid overwhelming circumstances created by the pandemic, citing insufficient pay, lack of opportunities and burnout. A poll conducted in September from Morning Consult, a global privately held data intelligence company, showed nearly 1 in 5 healthcare workers, or 18 percent, had quit their jobs since February 2020.
To improve and protect the mental health and well-being of healthcare workers, the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health unveiled a five-part mental health protection plan during a webinar on Nov. 18, according to Medscape.
The plan involves a primary prevention approach for healthcare worker mental health. According to Medscape and slides shared with Becker’s, it includes:
- Understanding the daily personal, social and economic burdens facing healthcare workers
- Assimilating evidence and developing best practices, resources and interventions
- Collaborating with the American Hospital Association, the American Nurses Association, National Nurses United, The Joint Commission and other stakeholders
- Identifying and adapting tools for the healthcare workplace that focus on stress reduction
- Generating awareness about stress through a national, multidimensional social marketing campaign
Access the Medscape article here.
