Fifth Window - Mobile App for Nursing Well-Being

What is Fifth Window?

 

Fifth Window (formerly WellNurse) is a nurse-led and women-led startup on a mission to help healthcare organizations like hospitals solve nurse burnout. Our current platform is a mobile wellness app designed by nurses, and for nurses, equipping them with curated self-care activities and a supportive community to reduce work-related stress and burnout. As the winners of the Resiliency & Self-Care Challenge at the first NurseHack4Health COVID-19 Virtual Hackathon, our team of nurses continued to build what is now Fifth Window.

 

Our app is called Fifth Window as a representation of the psychological, physical, professional, and organizational dimensions of well-being. “Fifth Window” represents the fifth dimension of well-being, which holistically encompasses all areas of well-being for nurses.

 

Why Support Nursing Well-Being?

 

As nurses, we know first-hand the significance and impact of burnout in the healthcare industry (in fact, we've been burnt out several times throughout our nursing careers). But, nearly two years after the first reported case of COVID-19, pandemic cases continue to surge, along with nursing burnout. A 2021 survey by The Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation has found that 55% of healthcare workers are feeling symptoms of burnout. This increasing prevalence of nursing burnout and poor clinician well-being comes at the cost of a collapsing healthcare system driving nurses to leave the profession.

 

The challenge of nursing burnout has existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic started; but, the pandemic has intensified the need for healthcare systems to heal its healers. Without nurses, there is no healthcare.

 

Why Support Fifth Window?

 

In January, Fifth Window will formally launch our app in Apple's App Store and Google Play Store. We will also be partnering with nurses to validate the effectiveness of our app in reducing nursing stress and burnout. Our goal for 2022 is to have 10,000 or more nurses download and use our app, so we can receive feedback and build the best possible tool that is designed, tested, approved and used by nurses.

 

The money raised from GoFundMe will go directly into marketing, graphics and design efforts to raise awareness of the app once it launches in January 2022. The funding will also be used to improve the overall experience of nurses using the app; for example, enhancing graphics or other features.

 

How Can I Learn More?

 

Press Releases:

 

We truly appreciate your time and consideration, and thank you so much for any donations you are able to contribute! Every donation counts in support of nursing well-being. As the fundraiser progresses, we will also post regular updates with news about our app.

 

We have seen nurses go through so much during our careers, and especially over the past two years of the pandemic. On behalf of our team, thank you for supporting nurses and their well-being during this challenging time - your support means so much!

 

Sincerely,

 

The Fifth Window Team

Charlene Platon

Jillian Littlefield

Kathryn Shaffer

Michael Horn