Episode description
Burnout..stress...anxiety...callouts...staffing shortages.The pandemic has taken an immense toll on frontline health care workers and laid bare issues that existed even before COVID-19 gained worldwide infamy. Concern for the mental well-being of frontline staff seemingly dominates news reports and peer-reviewed journals, revealing a depth of distress throughout the health care system like none before it. What's being done? Nemours has piloted two programs designed to immediately identify situations that put added stress on staff, and provide necessary relief and resources. One of those is called Code Lavender. Kristen Paliasia is the driving force behind this program in the NICU at Nemours Children's Hospital in Delaware. She joins us to talk about it.