Driven by work exhaustion, 57.5% of dialysis technicians reported burnout and 52.6% reported that they intend on remaining a technician in 3 years, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
“The perspectives of dialysis [patient care technicians] PCTs on burnout and their turnover intentions have rarely been directly elicited despite the critical frontline role that they play in U.S. in-center and acute hemodialysis care,” Laura C. Plantinga, PhD, from Emory University in Atlanta, and colleagues wrote. They added, “[S]trategies to support and