SCCM Resource Library-Team Dynamic Affects More Than Performance Measures

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The President's Message in the Spring 2022 issue of Critical Connections highlights the pervasive challenge of burnout among critical care team members. This phenomenon, often resulting from chronic workplace stress, has been exacerbated by the pressures of the ongoing pandemic, with factors like increased workloads and staffing shortages contributing significantly. The report notes the crucial dependency within intensive care units where burnout in one team member can detrimentally affect the entire team dynamic, impacting communication, dependability, and, ultimately, patient care.<br /><br />Burnout symptoms include ineffective task completion, absenteeism, and emotional exhaustion, which can hinder communication and collaboration among team members, leading to higher stress levels for others. The cyclical relationship between staffing shortages and burnout adds complexity to these challenges, as burnout can cause more professionals to leave the field, thereby exacerbating the shortages.<br /><br />The document draws attention to the need for a holistic approach to tackle burnout, which includes recognizing its symptoms within oneself and others, providing support, and advocating for organizational resource changes. Effective strategies could involve culture changes, shared workload management, and promoting a unified team approach to overcome burnout's adverse effects on mental health and stress.<br /><br />Various professions within critical care report significant burnout rates: advanced practitioners (56-61%), pharmacists (61-64%), physicians (45-50%), nurses (76%), and respiratory therapists (79%). The article emphasizes the necessity for both individual and collective strategies in addressing burnout, suggesting that collective efforts in teamwork can combat this "virus-like" spread and ultimately enhance overall clinical performance and team well-being.

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Professional Development and Education, Behavioral Health and Well Being, 2022, 0:05:17

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This article was first published in the Spring 2022 issue of Critical Connections.

Chronic, uncontrolled stress in the workplace results in burnout, which seems more prevalent today than ever before due to sustained and unrelenting pressures of the pandemic, such as the illnesses of colleagues, friends, and family; longer work hours; increased patient volume; disruptions in home life routines, and increased workload demands brought on by staffing shortages. 2022 SCCM President Sandra Kane-Gill, PharmD, MSc, FCCP, FCCM, reflects on collective mental health and burnout in this article.

Critical Connections, the critical care industry's only newsmagazine, provides information on cutting-edge topics in critical care useful to the entire multiprofessional team.

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