The discourse community that I have chosen to speak about is the Healthcare DC. The reason why I chose this DC is because there are a plethora of topics within this topic I’d like to address. For example, the issue I want to speak about is understaffing and burnout. I work at a hospital and every position is understaffed. This is an issue because when an employee calls out of work for personal reasons, the staff may become angry because they are now required to do more work due to your absence. This becomes very stressful because everyone has something going on in his or her personal lives that we all have to tend to. We all know that healthcare facilities and clinics experience burnout because they are overworked. Another example, when the staff is overworked and tired more mistakes is likely to occur. Such as, forgetting to don and doff your protective gear after you enter a contaminated patient room, which can spread infection to all employees. It is important to spread this information and actually acknowledge it so we can take care of the people who work in the medical field and hire more staff in healthcare facilities to prevent burnout.
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