The RN Well-Being Project brought together nurses from various areas of expertise to review the known literature and synthesize evidence-based approaches that will support nurses’ mental and emotional well-being at a systemic level. The focus was to address occupational suffering often resulting from unintended barriers in the workplace and a lack of efficiencies in documentation, policies, and procedures that lead to burnout.

­­­­Well-being challenges are unique to each work environment. Organizations must involve nurses in recognizing the nurse stressors that can and should be addressed. Our nurse research committee identified four domains that organizations can improve to strengthen the well-being of the nursing workforce.

Well-being efforts don’t have to be monumental shifts or seismic investments. Small, consistent, and intentional efforts to address well-being challenges identified by nurses can have lasting and cascading positive results.