‘I Can’t Turn My Brain Off’: PTSD and Burnout Threaten Medical Workers
After the man died, the nurse found a secluded hallway, and wept.
A few days later, she shared her anguish in a private Facebook message to Dr. Heather Farley, who directs a comprehensive staff-support program at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. “I’m not the kind of nurse that can act like I’m fine and that something sad didn’t just happen,” she wrote.
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/health/coronavirus-ptsd-medical-workers.html