Imagine witnessing the nightmare of severe COVID-19 in hospitalized patients over and over again. “Such is the intense stress on acute-care nurses…and it is taking a terrible toll,” the Washington Post editorial board wrote this week. Citing survey data from the American Nurses Foundation on nurses’ mental health, the editorial concludes, “Nurses need respect from patients and managers, relief from the massive pandemic patient overload and understaffing, mental health support on-site, and all the support that the government and private sector can muster.” (Washington Post editorial, 11/15/21)
