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'The science of stress relief': New Utah partnership seeks to provide kids with resources for stress
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 15 - 6:36 p.m.
In a move to combat the stress on children that has been induced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Utah STEM Action Center is partnering with the Utah State Library Division to bring stress-coping mechanisms directly to kids by distributing hundreds of stress relief kits throughout Utah libraries.
Front-line fatigue: Pandemic pressures pouncing on taxed veterinarians
Jenny Rollins for KSL.com | Posted Nov. 7 - 7:50 p.m.
Many veterinarians are used to emotional roller coasters in their profession, but the pandemic has placed even more pressure on an overwhelmed system.
Front-line fatigue: Pharmacists hit with overwhelming workload, shortages and sometimes an angry public
Jenny Rollins for KSL.com | Posted Oct. 24 - 7:03 p.m.
The pandemic combined with dealing with the confrontation of a sometimes angry public has led to anxiety, depression, numbness and burnout among many pharmacists.
Front-line fatigue: Many teachers, staff face utter exhaustion in 'an untenable situation'
Jenny Rollins, KSL.com | Posted Oct. 11 - 10:50 a.m.
Utah educators are facing an impossible workload, staff shortages, COVID-19 and other illness, limited sick leave, political backlash and students falling behind.
Front-line fatigue: Unseen and unappreciated, some respiratory therapists hit mental breaking point
Jenny Rollins, KSL.com | Posted Oct. 3 - 7:21 p.m.
Even people in the medical field don't always know what respiratory therapists do, but they are key players in treating COVID-19 patients, often at the expense of their mental health.
Health workers once saluted as heroes now get threats
Heather Hollingsworth and Grant Schulte, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 29 - 9:53 p.m.
More than a year after U.S. health care workers on the front lines against COVID-19 were saluted as heroes with nightly clapping from windows and balconies, some are being issued panic buttons in case of assault and ditching their scrubs before going out in public for fear of harassment.
The SafeUT app helps suicidal students get help. The program hopes to do the same for Utah's front-line workers
Annie Knox, KSL-TV | Posted Sept. 27 - 5:25 p.m.
The SafeUT program has helped students at risk of suicide or facing other sorts of crises since 2016. It's since expanded to help frontline workers in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Front-line fatigue: 'I don't want to lose my humanity' — CNAs weighed down by empathy exhaustion
Jenny Rollins, KSL.com | Posted Sept. 26 - 7:08 p.m.
Certified nursing assistants are quitting in record numbers because of burnout and empathy fatigue taking care of COVID-19 patients in a highly politicized environment.
Front-line fatigue: COVID resurgence leaves ICU docs feeling 'heavy in the soul'
Jenny Rollins, KSL.com | Posted Sept. 19 - 7:39 p.m.
Dealing with a high level of death and sorrow has resulted in a spike in PTSD and mental illness in health care workers treating COVID-19 patients, sometimes resulting in suicide.
Front-line fatigue: ICU nurses taking brutal blows to their mental health
Jenny Rollins, KSL.com | Posted Sept. 12 - 7:07 p.m.
ICU nurses are leaving at unprecedented rates after being surrounded by horrific COVID-19 deaths, and the delta variant took away hope that the pandemic might be dying down.
