EC Nursing and Healthcare

Nurses are the unsung heroes of the healthcare industry, and their determined efforts have never been more evident than during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As the front-line workers tasked with caring for COVID-19 patients, nurses have been working unremittingly to provide the best possible care to those in need. However, this has come at a great cost, and many nurses are now struggling with burnout as a result of the physical and emotional toll of the pandemic [1]. Burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that results from prolonged stress and anxiety. This phenomenon is particularly prevalent among healthcare workers, who are often subjected to high levels of stress, long hours, and the emotional toll of caring for the sick and dying. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses are experiencing burnout at an alarming rate [2].

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