Abstract
[This is an excerpt.] To date, over 710,000 Americans have died due to COVID-19. Nurses report increased levels of stress, exhaustion, and burnout, while healthcare organizations struggle with new surges and growing staffing shortages. As a continuation of the Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey Series, and a follow-up to the first and second Mental Health and Wellness surveys conducted in Spring and Winter of 2020 and the COVID Impact survey conducted in Winter 2021, the American Nurses Foundation has fielded another non-incentivized survey. The goal was to determine any changes and further impact of the pandemic on the mental health and wellness of nurses, with additional enquiries concerning emotional health, post-traumatic stress, resiliency, and stigma around seeking professional mental health support. Between August 20 - September 2, 2021, 9,572 nurses completed or partially completed this survey. [To read more, click View Resource.]
This resource is found in our Actionable Strategies for Professional Associations: Spotlights: Professional Associations Relational Strategies (Measuring Well-Being & Accountability).
