Many nurses experience high emotional exhaustion, which may lead to burnout. Workplace stressors contribute to exhaustion. Strategies to overcome these stressors and increase resilience may help nurses create positive environments, thrive in their work, and prevent burnout.

In this episode, MEDSURG Nursing Editorial Board member Susan Bohnenkamp talks with Dr. Wanda Larson, the RN Program Director of Nursing Research at Banner University Medical Center, and the Program Coordinator and Assistant Clinical Professor of the University of Arizona College of Nursing in Tucson, Arizona, about resiliency in the professional practice of nursing.

Wanda Larson, PhD, M. Ed., RN, CEN, CPEN, is the RN Program Director of Nursing Research, Banner University Medical Center, and the Program Coordinator, Masters Entry to Professional Nursing (MEPN) and an Assistant Clinical Professor of the University of Arizona College of Nursing in Tucson, Arizona.

Susan Bohnenkamp, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CCM; Clinical Nurse Specialist at Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, and is a member of the MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board.

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