Becker's Hospital Review

74 CMO / CARE DELIVERY More physicians observing colleagues behaving badly: 6 report findings By Cailey Gleeson F orty-one percent of physicians have seen other clinicians behave inappropriately in the workplace, up from 35 percent in 2021, Medscape's 2022 "Physicians Behaving Badly: Stress and Hardship Trigger Misconduct" report found. e report, published Aug. 19, surveyed more than 1,500 physicians about misconduct they've observed among their colleagues. Respondents were asked to identify observed misbehaviors in the last five years and which misbehaviors they saw most recently. Six findings: • Eighty-six percent of physicians said they saw colleagues bullying or harassing other clinicians and staff in the past five years, and 30 percent said they saw it more recently. • Forty-five percent of physicians said they saw colleagues bullying or harassing patients in the past five years, and 5 percent said they saw it more recently. • Eighty-two percent of physicians said they saw colleagues disparaging patients unbeknownst to the patients in the past five years, and 30 percent said they saw it more recently. • Fiy-five percent of physicians said they heard colleagues using racist language in the past five years, and 9 percent said they heard it more recently. • Forty-four percent of physicians said they saw colleagues becoming physically aggressive with patients, other clinicians and staff, and 6 percent said they saw it more recently. • Eighty-five percent of physicians responded "no" when asked if they have behaved poorly as physicians in the last year. n 31% of NPs may leave healthcare: 5 survey findings By Erica Carbajal A survey of more than 2,000 U.S. nurse practitioners found nearly a third are considering leaving healthcare, according to Medscape's first report on nurse practitioner burnout and depression published Aug. 18. The report is based on online survey responses from 2,084 practicing nurse practitioners polled from April 5 to May 20. Thirty-one percent of respondents said they are considering leaving the profession, and 34 percent said they've considered it in the past. Four more findings: 1. Overall, 30 percent of respondents reported feeling both burned out and depressed. A slightly higher proportion of full-time NPs reported being both burned out and depressed compared to part-time NPs. 2. Too many bureaucratic tasks is the top contributor to burnout among NPs, the findings showed. Forty-nine percent of respondents selected this as what contributes most to their burnout. 3. Nearly half of burned out NPs said they participated in meditation or other stress reduction techniques at work to alleviate burnout. 4. Forty-one percent of respondents overall said their workplaces don't offer programs meant to reduce stress and/ or burnout. Thirty-nine percent said their workplaces do offer such programs, while 20 percent were not sure. n Beaumont taps nurse to lead 3 hospitals By Kelly Gooch K ristine Donahue, RN, was promoted to president of Beaumont hospitals in Taylor, Trenton and Wayne, Mich. Previously, Ms. Donahue was COO of the community-based hospitals, which have a total of 472 beds, according to a July 28 news release. She also was chief nursing officer of the Taylor hospital from 2013 to 2021 and the Wayne hospital from 2018 to 2020. The Beaumont hospitals are part of BHSH Beaumont Health, which is overseen by BHSH System, the 22-hospital organization formed by the February merger of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health with Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health. n

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