How do you feel about your workplace? Please tell us!

If you wish, we will tell your manager for you, keeping your identity confidential

After we read Tristin Kate Smith's "Letter to My Abuser," about the work experiences that preceded her death by suicide, we feared Tristin was not alone. We thought we should check in with nurses to see how they felt. How many nurses feel dispirited, or want to leave their jobs? What are the main issues? We would like to raise awareness by sharing through our public media. And hospital managers need to know, so they can change things. If you wish, we will help you tell them, keeping your identify strictly confidential.


Below are some questions we've written to help elicit how you feel about your clinical setting. None of the questions are required, except for where you work and where to send your thoughts, if you would like us to do so. Comments do not have to match the questions asked. Each box has a 500 character limit, but if you have something that doesn't fit in one box, just put it in the next one. Or please feel free to just email your thoughts to us at [email protected].


When we send your responses to the person/people you ask us to, we promise not to do any editing except for typos, but we reserve the right to not send any responses that are inappropriate. Thank you for voicing your concerns.
What type of a unit do you work on?
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How do you feel about your workplace?
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Are there changes needed to improve care and safety for your patients?
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Do you have enough time to deliver good care?
0/500
Do you have time to deliver nurse-prescribed care, such as educating, advocating, wound care, turning, ambulating, cleaning, feeding, and the Ten Caritas?
0/500
Can you describe an occasion when you were stretched too thin and a patient was put at risk?
0/500
Is help available when you need it? Are you made to feel weak when you ask for help?
0/500
Do you have all the resources you need to do your job?
0/500
Do you feel like management is enabling you to deliver the excellent care they ask of you?
Do you have a welcoming place to work where teamwork happens?
0/500
How does the charting affect your care?
0/500
When management comes around, do you feel they are there to encourage and support you?
0/500
Are there good things that make you want to stay at your job?
0/500
Are there factors that make you want to leave your job?
0/500
How long do you think you'll stay at your job?
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Do you recommend your floor/unit/hospital to other nurses as a good place to work?
0/500
Do you recommend friends and family come to your hospital for care?
0/500
How do you feel at the end of your shifts?
Has your job ever affected your feelings of worth or caused you to consider self-harm or suicide?
0/500
If you would like us to share your responses with anyone at your workplace, what are the names, titles, and email addresses of those persons? We will keep your identity strictly confidential. (It's OK if you don't have their exact titles, a general descriptor is enough)
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What is the name, location, and web address of the facility where you work?
0/500
How may we use your comments?
If your manager responds to us, we will do our best to send you their response if you leave your email address below. Again, we promise to keep your identity and email address confidential.
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Thank you for participating in our survey. We will submit your comments to the person or people you gave us.

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