In this episode, MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board member Dr. Barbara Potts talks with Dr. Deana Sievert, an experienced nurse leader, on the development of compassion fatigue through the recent pandemic. They discuss ways of helping nurses develop resiliency, and how organizations can, in an affordable way, help improve morale and destress nurses. Several resources nurses can use to help combat compassion fatigue are provided.

Deana Sievert, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, is the Chief Nurse Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, in Columbus, Ohio.

Barbara Potts, DNP, M.Ed, RN, APRN-CNS, AACNS-AG, MEDSURG-BC, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice and a Clinical Nurse Specialist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, in Columbus, Ohio, and a member of the MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board.

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