{"id":19506,"date":"2026-01-13T12:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19506"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:06:19","slug":"frontline-perspectives-and-emerging-solutions-for-strengthening-healthcare-workforce-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19506","title":{"rendered":"Frontline Perspectives and Emerging Solutions for Strengthening Healthcare Workforce Well-Being"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EFN has led the development of a new opinion paper, titled <a href=\"https:\/\/irispublishers.com\/ijnc\/pdf\/IJNC.MS.ID.000620.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frontline Perspectives and Emerging Solutions for Strengthening Healthcare Workforce Well-Being<\/a>, which was published in the Iris Journal of Nursing &amp; Care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paper brings together frontline perspectives from nursing leaders and post-graduate nurses, insights from <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EU policy developments<\/a>, and the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/items\/7324bf3d-479f-426c-bd5d-861129616859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO Europe mental health findings<\/a>, to shed light on, and identify ways to tackle the growing challenges faced by healthcare professionals, including burnout, chronic stress, staff shortages, and psychosocial risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Importantly, the paper links these developments to the <a href=\"https:\/\/keepcaring.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KEEPCARING Project<\/a>, which brings together scientific, clinical, technological, and end-user partners to co-create practical, evidence-based tools that support mental well-being, organisational support, and psychological safety in hospital settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The publication therefore combines research, innovation, and direct engagement with healthcare professionals, to reinforce the need for coordinated action that goes beyond individual coping strategies and addresses structural and organisational conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the publication comes in the backdrop of the <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026 Cyprus EU Presidency<\/a>, which puts mental health, including its link with digitalisation, high on it ambitious programme. This shows that policymakers understand the urgency of tackling the mental health crisis of the healthcare workforce, and the EFN-led opinion paper offers guidance on both existing and under development tools and initiatives to turn this into reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dKcfRmi8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dKcfRmi8<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EFN has led the development of a new opinion paper,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19001,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19001","url_meta":{"origin":19506,"position":0},"title":"International Nurses\u2019 Day 2025 &#8211; EU Health Workforce: We need Political Commitment, Concrete EU Actions and we need it NOW!","author":"efn efn","date":"May 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Nurses worldwide are hitting their breaking point, and many are already walking away desperately from the nursing profession and even the healthcare sector, because the politicians and policymakers, due to their ongoing cuts, left frontline nurses exhausted, unsupported, and struggling to keep up with quality and safety. 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