Critical care nurses have borne a significant burden during the pandemic. Studies indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has seriously degraded critical care nurses’ physical, psychological, and emotional well-being.1–3  The mental health consequences of the pandemic on nurses include increased rates of depression,4,5  anxiety,4,5  posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),4–6  and burnout.4,6  Suicide rates among nurses have long been higher than rates for the general population,7,8  and high-stress clinical scenarios such as disease outbreaks are well-recognized risk factors for nurse suicide.8  Unsurprisingly, 41.8% of nurses report that they have witnessed or experienced an “extremely stressful, disturbing, or traumatic event” related to the COVID-19 pandemic.8  This is especially true of younger members of the profession, with 51% of nurses under the age of 25 reporting depression within the past 14 days.8  If we...

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