Maintaining Morale During High Census

[caddismt]

Our ICU has been bursting at the seams for the past week, and I feel like it taking a toll on everyone. I want to hear some good strategies to keep our moral high during these high stress times when team work is more important than ever. We have been short staffed and beaten into the ground....I just wish that we could all feel like the team that we are on a "normal" day!

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

I work on a tele floor and we are just grateful for the job and no calling off. We know there are going to be job cuts so we just carry on plodding, and hoping nobody loses their job. Morale actually is not too bad considering-I think we have joined together a lot more to support each other.