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Why Are Healthcare Workers So Tired? The Exhaustion No One Sees
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Why are healthcare workers so tired — even when we “only work three days a week”?
This week on Banter at the Bedside, Abby and Kaleigh are talking about the kind of exhaustion that doesn’t disappear after one good night of sleep.
It’s the 12-hour shifts that are really 13+ hours. The constant alarms, questions, interruptions, and decisions. The charting. The physical wear and tear. The family member who needs a glass of water while you’re literally running a code. The missing gloves, empty supply cabinets, call bells, broken workflows, and 500 tiny frustrations that somehow…
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