2026-02-22 from hospitalnews.com

For many health-care professionals, rest has become something to “catch up on” rather than something to experience. It is squeezed into days off, postponed until vacations, or measured in hours of sleep between shifts. And yet, even after time away from work, many return feeling no more restored than when they left.

This disconnect has become increasingly common across Canada’s health-care system. Nurses, physicians, allied health professionals and support staff report exhaustion that sleep alone does not resolve. The issue is not a lack of time off, but a deeper challenge: many health-care workers have forgotten how to truly rest.

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