Posts Tagged with "Burnout Prevention"
View all postsHow to Evaluate Work-Life Balance in Healthcare Jobs
By Benjamin "Caleb" Williams RN, BA, CEN - August 20, 2025
Healthcare jobs can demand long hours, risking burnout and poor work-life balance. Learn how to ask the right questions and evaluate job offers effectively before accepting a new position to ensure work-life balance.
9 Tips for Staying Motivated as a Clinician
By Benjamin "Caleb" Williams RN, BA, CEN - October 25, 2023
While rewarding, staying motivated can be difficult in the emotionally-draining world of patient care. Here are some tips to rediscover your passion as a clinician and avoid burnout.
Top 5 Career Mistakes Healthcare Providers Make and How to Avoid Them
By Benjamin "Caleb" Williams RN, BA, CEN - June 15, 2023
Healthcare professionals are dedicated to providing the best possible patient care, but still mess up from time to time. By avoiding these common career mistakes, you can ensure your time as a healthcare provider is fulfilling and successful.
Avoiding Burnout as a Clinician
By Benjamin "Caleb" Williams RN, BA, CEN - April 27, 2023
Burnout is a long-term stress that builds, emotionally depleting seasoned clinicians and making it difficult, or even impossible, for them to provide the quality of care they want to provide. Here are a few strategies for avoiding burnout for clinicians.
Healthy Habits for Physicians and Residents to Avoid Burnout
By Danielle Kelvas, MD - February 22, 2023
Over half of U.S. physicians and residents suffer from burnout. Danielle Kelvas, MD, offers tips on how to recognize and prevent burnout by prioritizing self-care, setting healthy boundaries, and staying connected with colleagues.
Physicians: How to Start the New Year Right
By Shani Saks, DO - January 4, 2023
After some well-deserved time off for the holidays, you're back at your practice and ready to kick the year off. Here are a few smart tips to help you start the year right, prevent burnout and be the best, most efficient physician you can be.
Achieving Work/Life Synergy in Healthcare
By Jacob Bollinger, PA - September 15, 2022
Work and time away from work are all really just a part of life. Making the distinction between a work/life balance can be troublesome in that regard, but physician assistant Jacob Bollinger instead suggests we try reframing it as work/life synergy and find ways to make our work lives and home lives support one another.
Burnout is Really Depression in Disguise
By Danielle Kelvas, MD - August 11, 2022
Being burned out is living in a constant state of overwhelming exhaustion, whereas depression is defined by the inability to feel pleasure and dysphoric mood. But is burnout a syndrome in and of itself, or is it actually part of the pathology of a larger depression? Current research argues the latter.
The Key to Mitigating Burnout is Understanding Your Emotions
By Mitchel Schwindt, MD - December 21, 2021
Knowing about burnout is only half the battle; now that you've accepted it as a reality, it is time to combat it. Oftentimes, having a deeper understanding of these negative emotions and why they occur can remedy their effects. For this reason, it is important to reflect on these feelings to best visualize the solution.
Recognizing and Mitigating Burnout in the New Year
By Mitchel Schwindt, MD - December 15, 2021
A professional demeanor in difficult situations is what patients generally expect, so physicians are trained to ignore fatigue and suppress their emotions. This mandatory coat of armor often leads to pent-up feelings and resentment. So, you're burned out at work and you're asking yourself this; now what?
