Joyce University Featured on KUTV’s Fresh Living to Address Nurse Burnout

Addressing Nurse Burnout Through Education, Leadership, and System-Level Solutions

Salt Lake City, February 2026 — Joyce University of Nursing & Health Sciences was recently featured on Fresh Living to discuss the growing issue of nurse burnout and the broader workforce challenges facing healthcare today.

During the segment, Dr. Shelley Johnson, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, shared insights from a national survey of registered nurses highlighting concerns such as emotional exhaustion, staffing shortages, mandatory overtime, missed breaks, and workplace safety. The conversation emphasized that burnout is not simply an individual issue, but a system-level challenge requiring coordinated solutions across education, healthcare leadership, and policy.

Dr. Johnson outlined several approaches that can help mitigate burnout, including strengthening staffing models, protecting rest periods, enhancing leadership support, and fostering workplace cultures where nurses feel valued and heard.

Joyce University remains committed to preparing practice-ready graduates who are equipped with clinical competence, resilience, critical thinking, and strong communication skills. By investing in high-quality simulation, deliberate practice, and student support, the university continues working to strengthen both the nursing pipeline and long-term workforce sustainability.

As healthcare demands continue to evolve, Joyce University remains focused on preparing nurses who are equipped not only to enter the workforce, but to sustain meaningful, long-term careers in it.

View the full segment on KUTV’s Fresh Living website.

• ABOUT JOYCE UNIVERSITY

  Founded in 1979, Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences’ mission is to prepare students to serve as competent professionals, to advance their careers, and to pursue lifelong learning. Located in Draper, Utah, Joyce University is proud to have helped thousands of students across the US graduate and launch lasting healthcare careers. With a recent expansion of its pre-licensure programs to select regional locations, including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin, Joyce University enables aspiring nurses in these regions to access the same high-quality education and opportunities that have defined the institution for decades. Join them as they continue to shape the future of healthcare, one student at a time.

  Joyce University is institutionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and programmatically accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) for the Associate of Science in Nursing degree program and by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing degree programs.