Clinician burnout is a significant problem affecting healthcare professionals worldwide. Burnout affects the mental and physical well-being of healthcare professionals and has negative consequences on patient care.DirectShifts hosted an online interview as a part of its mental health and burnout in healthcare series .
Long shifts are hard. They're difficult to get through, especially when you're working with a team that doesn't always understand what you're going through. But if you want to be a successful nurse, then you need to know how to get through those long shifts with your health and well-being intact.
DirectShifts is committed to supporting clinicians in their efforts to manage the stress, anxiety, and burnout that can often come with their job role. We all know that the pandemic took a toll on mental health. It's important to understand the unique needs of healthcare providers and how we can help them.
Whether you're a doctor, nurse, therapist, or another healthcare provider on call at all hours of the day, or an office receptionist looking after patients who are still awake when you get there in the morning, nutrition and hydration play an integral role in your ability to perform at your best. In order to stay healthy and strong in your chosen profession, you need to balance protein-rich meals with hydration elements like water and caffeine during your busy days.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, more than 40 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. This makes anxiety the most common mental health disorder in America.A study by Human Resources for Health found that nearly 20% of doctors and 23% of nurses suffer from anxiety.
We are pleased to feature Dr. Dierich Kaiser, working with DirectShifts as a psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience in healthcare under his belt. He is an expert in child and staff psychiatry. He also mentors psychiatric residents and medical students. We asked him to share some of his achievements, experiences, and challenges faced as a psychiatrist with our readers.
