Burnout Exhausts Easy Answers

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“Most health professionals know how to take care of patients, but not how to take care of themselves.” Healthcare professional and lecturer Yinka Vidal spoke for many about one of the main factors contributing to burnout. Whether academic, career and generally life, burnout afflicts all levels among healthcare professionals expected to give their all – and then some – around the clock, year after year. Burnout can arise from overwork and resultant stress. It also can grow from and compound personal problems. Vidal cited several factors: Overwork, the absence of self-nurturing, lack of time for yourself. Need for self-adulation to…...

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Jim Katzaman Jim Katzaman is a manager at Largo Financial Services. A writer by trade, he graduated from Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He enlisted in the Air Force and served for 25 years in public affairs – better known in the civilian world as public relations. He also earned an Associate’s Degree in Applied Science in Public Affairs. Since retiring, he has been a consultant and in the federal General Service as a public affairs specialist. He also acquired life and health insurance licenses, which resulted in his present affiliation with Largo Financial Services. In addition to expertise in financial affairs, he gathers the majority of his story content from Twitter chats. This has led him to publish about a wide range of topics such as social media, marketing, sexual harassment, workplace trends, productivity and financial management. Medium has named him a top writer in social media.