Physicians and nurses have been tasked with supporting the impossible – providing medical care for more and more patients within each workday.
Physician burnout rates have climbed from 27% in 2000 to 43% in 2019, and close to 50% during the pandemic, according to EClinicalMedicine (August 2021).
And according to the 2022 National Nursing Workforce Study, 100,000 RN’s and 34,000 licensed practical and vocational nurses left the workforce over the past two years due to the pandemic. High workloads, stress, and burnout have strained the current U.S. nursing workforce, compounding observed attrition over the past two years. Half of all nurses feel emotionally drained, used up, fatigued, and burned out a few times a week to every day. 29% reported feeling at the end of their rope at similar intervals. Looking ahead, 984,000 RN’s and LPN’s/LVN’s indicate they are likely to leave nursing by 2027. Younger, early career nurses account for 24% of the RN total due to burnout and stress. But many of our younger nurses last two years or less in their occupations. But, there is hope. These projections can be altered based on decisions policymakers make today and in the near future. Inspiring current and next generation nurses and physicians is key to preventing attrition and driving recruitment. That’s where Terry comes in!
Terry helps medical professionals make greater patient impact by reminding them how vital their work is.
Moral injury and distress are paramount in the medical system today, and no medical professionals are immune from the challenges and constraints it has on their professional and personal lives. Terry shows administrators and clinicians the importance of balance in the workplace to ultimately improve patient outcomes and help prevent burnout.
Terry reminds medical professionals why they entered their field to begin with – to make a difference in patients’ lives. Beyond medicine, it’s equally important to understand what makes each patient tick and what they might respond to that can change their attitude and shorten recovery. Terry employs personal storytelling to illustrate tactics and approaches used by nurses and doctor’s that can change the trajectory of their patients in a positive way – outside of the medical treatment they are receiving. These inspirational tactics and approaches are great ways to learn resilience and renewal, and drive medical professional satisfaction.
Speaking topics and workshops include:
Navigating Life’s Roadblocks: Attitude, Focus and Teamwork
Based on his book with the same title, author Terry Healey takes you through his harrowing personal ordeal and what enabled him to focus on the positive aspects of his life that weren’t only lessons he learned, but gifts that he could impart to others struggling with their own challenges.
Turning Points and Survivor Kits
Through some personal storytelling, Terry conveys the importance of taking note of ‘potential’ turning points in life and how to ensure that you create your own personal survival kit that will help you with career challenges, personal discovery, or physical challenges that may change the way you interact with others.
Dealing With Adversity and Taking Control of Your Life
Based on Terry’s extreme experience with adversity in his own life, Terry shares with us the lessons he learned about how to deal with adversity and how being focused and taking control of your life are the keys to making those difficulties not only tolerable but also valuable in our personal growth and development. Terry encourages the audience to confront things head on and to embrace, rather than fear our world that is constantly changing.
Embracing Our Differences
Terry focuses this interactive presentation on how truly different each and every one of us is, and demonstrates how we frequently make judgments of people that are oftentimes incorrect. Participants will walk away with a better appreciation for why we need to embrace diversity and strive to be more tolerant.