The mental health of frontline workers across the county has taken a hit over the last two years, and healthcare workers are sounding the alarm.
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With understaffing, high-stress situations, and constant changes brought on by the pandemic, healthcare workers are dealing with rampant burnout.
This has led to several strikes throughout the Bay Area over the last year, most recently at Stanford University as healthcare workers demand better support and resources.
"They're having the fallout, and no one is thinking of the trauma that the nurses went through during the pandemic," said Colleen Borges, a pediatric nurse at San Mateo's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, which participated in the Stanford strike last week.
The strike came to a head on Friday, after the nearly 5,000 nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucille Packard Children's Hospital reached an agreement with administrators that would afford them a pay increase and more vacation time, as previously reported by KCBS Radio.
The new tentative agreement will be held to a vote on Monday.
Many are rethinking their career choices and considering alternatives to what they’re currently doing, as hospitals continue to push them beyond their capabilities.
Health officials recently convened to discuss how to better improve COVID-19 safety for healthcare workers in the workplace.
The Occupational Safety and Health administration convened several times during the end of last month to discuss with several groups of health experts how best to protect healthcare workers from the virus going forward.
The final hearing takes places Monday, May 2.
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