An emergency department (ED) supervisor has noted an increase in sick calls and bickering among the ED staff after a week with multiple trauma incidents. What action by the supervisor is most helpful?
a. Organize a pizza party for each shift.
b. Remind staff of facility sick-leave policy.
c. Arrange critical incident stress debriefing.
d. Talk individually with staff members.
C
The staff may be suffering from critical incident stress and needs to have a debriefing by the critical incident stress management team to prevent the consequences of long-term, unabated stress. The other interventions may be helpful as well but are not as important as a debriefing.
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