Nurses have become fluent in the language of “burnout.” We use the word to describe a range of internal states such as exhaustion, disengagement, frustration, and compassion fatigue, states that are often attributed to staffing shortages and other systemic pressures. The term has become so embedded in our professional vernacular that it risks lumping distinctly different experiences into a single narrative. Identity erosion as a framing device f…
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