Compassion fatigue, burnout, and work/life balance wear heavily on healthcare professionals and cause them to leave the profession early and permanently. Healthcare professionals are most vulnerable to stress overload, burnout, and compassion fatigue due to working in an emotionally exhausting environment. Coupled with heavy caseloads, limited control, long duty hours, and the reduced opportunity for sleep, these factors can lead to fatigue-related errors and injury. This session will discuss the impact of overtime on occupational injury rates, illness, and errors, and provide a review of the literature on psychological and physiological stress and their effects on sleep and fatigue. The session will also look at overtime management programs and the health effects from work schedules. Lastly, it will review the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Fatigue Countermeasures Programs for Nurses (FCMPN).
Objectives:- Understand the impact of overtime and scheduling on fatigue-related injuries and errors.
- Understand how psychological and physiological stress can affect healthful sleep.
- Review the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Fatigue Countermeasures Programs for Nurses and discuss their effectiveness in reducing fatigue-related errors and injuries.
