Opinion: Maintaining a culture of safety in challenging times

The COVID-19 pandemic brought pain, stress and change on caregivers throughout healthcare organizations. Clinicians, already overburdened prior to the pandemic, suffered moral injury. Conditions and burnout drove the Great Resignation, creating record turnover. Out of necessity, contract labor was needed to care for waves of patients. The staffing crisis endures.

Despite a recent decline in contract labor use, staffing challenges, patient…