Grantee Spotlight: COVID Hit Health Care Worker Well-Being Super Hard

Published on October 5, 2022

A new study by Bryan Sexton and his team at Duke University was highlighted in an article by Futurity on health care worker well-being during COVID. 

COVID exacted a huge toll on the well-being of health care workers, a new survey shows.

Already struggling with high levels of emotional exhaustion going into the pandemic, the problem grew even worse after two years of managing the crisis. Nurses have been especially hard hit.

Researchers conducted surveys over three years with more than 30,000 health care workers—including doctors, nurses, clinical social workers, administrators, and others—to track the emotional impact of the pandemic.

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