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productivity, absenteeism, and possible deleterious impact 
on patient care; 
Whereas 50 percent of health care workers reported burnout 
in 2020; 
Whereas, in 2020, 44 percent of nurses experienced physical 
violence and 68 percent experienced verbal abuse; 
Whereas, in 2020, 69 percent of physicians experienced collo-
quial depression, 20 percent experienced clinical depres-
sion, and 13 percent had thoughts of suicide; 
Whereas physicians, particularly female physicians, are more 
likely than the general population to die by suicide, and 
United States physicians are more likely to die by suicide 
than physicians in other nations; 
Whereas rates of burnout have serious consequences for the 
capacity of the United States health system, particularly 
in regard to employee retention and recruitment; 
Whereas, in 2023, job quitting among health care and social 
assistance workers was 9.2 percent higher than in Feb-
ruary 2020; 
Whereas approximately 40 percent of United States health 
care workers plan to leave their current role within the 
next 5 years; 
Whereas the average operating margin for hospitals in the 
United States was reduced by 130 percent between 2019 
and 2020, driven in part by persistent labor shortages; 
Whereas staffing shortages and impacts of burnout on the 
mental health and productivity of health care workers 
raise serious concerns about quality of care and patient 
safety; 
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Whereas the decreased capacity of the United States health 
system constitutes both a serious public health concern 
and a challenge to economic security; 
Whereas, in 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention and the National Institute for Occupational Safe-
ty and Health launched the Health Worker Mental 
Health Initiative, which aims to raise awareness of health 
workers’ mental health issues and improve trainings and 
resources to address the mental health of health workers; 
Whereas, in 2022, Congress enacted the Dr. Lorna Breen 
Health Care Provider Protection Act (42 U.S.C. 294s et 
seq.), which established grants and required other activi-
ties to improve mental and behavioral health among 
health care providers; 
Whereas, in 2022, the Office of the Surgeon General pub-
lished an Advisory on Addressing Health Worker Burn-
out to call attention to the health worker burnout crisis 
and to the urgent need to support the well-being of the 
health workforce of the United States; 
Whereas, in 2022, the National Academy of Medicine re-
leased the National Plan for Health Workforce Well- 
Being, delineating necessary actions to safeguard the 
United States health workforce; and 
Whereas a more robust national focus on protecting the well- 
being and mental health of health care workers will im-
prove outcomes for workers and patients, strengthen the 
United States health system, and support population 
health: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representative— 
(1) expresses support for ‘‘Health Workforce 
Well-Being Day of Awareness’’; 
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(2) recognizes the seriousness of widespread 
health care worker burnout in the United States and 
the need to strengthen health workforce well-being; 
and 
(3) supports the goals and ideals of the Health 
Workforce Well-Being Day of Awareness, which in-
clude— 
(A) raising public awareness about the im-
portance of protecting the well-being of physi-
cians, nurses, and other health care profes-
sionals to sustain the capacity of the United 
States health system and ensure the quality of 
patient care; 
(B) mobilizing action to support the well- 
being of physicians, nurses, and other health 
care professionals across multiple sectors, in-
cluding Federal, State, and local governments, 
health systems, insurers and payers, health in-
formation technology companies, educational, 
training, and accreditation organizations, pri-
vate and nonprofit organizations, media and 
communications companies, and organizations 
that employ health care workers; 
(C) creating and sustaining positive work 
and learning environments and culture; 
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(D) investing in measurement, assessment, 
strategies, and research; 
(E) supporting mental and behavioral 
health, including removing barriers to accessing 
care and treatment, and reducing stigma; 
(F) engaging effective tools and technology 
that reduce administrative burdens on physi-
cians, nurses, and other health care profes-
sionals; 
(G) establishing well-being as a long-term 
value in health organizations; and 
(H) recruiting and retaining a diverse and 
inclusive health workforce. 
Æ 
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