The Strategies to Improve Healthcare Provider – Focus on Nurses

Nursing requires significant physical and emotional effort, leading to high workplace stress. Most nurses are young, female, and of childbearing age, facing job-related stress and personal health challenges. This review explores three common health issues among female nurses: menstrual disorders, early pregnancy loss, and mental illness, which contribute to absenteeism and reduced job performance. Nurses experience higher rates of menstrual irregularity, dysmenorrhea, and pregnancy loss than nonmedical workers, along with increased anxiety and depression but lower healthcare-seeking due to stigma. Risk factors include night shifts, long hours, and insomnia. Nurses also prefer minimally invasive treatments for benign uterine conditions due to greater medical knowledge. To enhance nurses' well-being, we suggest strategies promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion to improve their work environment and overall health.