SUMMARY - Healthcare Worker Burnout
A nurse sits in her car after a twelve-hour shift, unable to summon the energy to drive home. The exhaustion is not just physical but something deeper - a depletion that sleep does not restore. She used to love this work. Now she questions whether she can continue. A physician retreats to his office between patients, door closed, needing moments to compose himself before the next encounter. The compassion he once felt naturally now requires conscious effort.