Nurse Managers Leading the Way: Reenvisioning Stress to Maintain Healthy Work Environments.

Background: Stress among nurses is well documented, and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has reached record highs.

Problem: Under normal conditions, nurse managers and frontline nurses face stressors that come with the territory of their profession, but the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly added to their burden. Nurse managers are being called not only to help their organizations manage the crisis operationally, but also to help the nurses they supervise mentally, emotionally, and even ethically.