Have you ever felt that you are not making the same decisions at the end of your shift compared to the beginning?

Do you feel mentally drained at the end of the shift and feel that you "can't make one more decision"?

Have you ever prescribed an antibiotic to a febrile child when you really felt it was a viral process?

You are not alone.

Decision fatigue centers around making deteriorating quality choices after a long session of decision-making. Sounds familiar? As physicians and nurses, this is an all too common scenario. Compound the fact that our choices carry a heavy burden as we are possibly making life-altering choices for our patients on every shift.

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