Burnout vs. moral injury: Does it matter what we call it?
Yes, we think it does. And the time to act has come. The time is now.
We — physicians and nurses — work side-by-side caring for patients, every single hour of every single day. But we don’t often talk to each other about the (seemingly insurmountable) deep and serious issues and challenges we as clinicians face, practicing in today’s broken health care system. That has to end. We must unite.
We are …