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AIM: The aim of this work is to evaluate nurses' experiences, barriers, and facilitators in participating in digital storytelling workshops BACKGROUND: Nurses face ever-increasing demands and work time spent in isolation, leading to burnout. Storytelling-narrative skills of listening and creativity-may encourage meaningful connections with others, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, evaluation of the user experiences of storytelling among nurses has been limited. METHOD: The methods used are semistructured individual interviews with 13 nurses from a public health nursing organization who participated in a 3-day digital storytelling workshop in 2019. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and thematically analysed using NVivo12. RESULTS: All participants were women and half were white. Healing, human connection, and nursing pedagogy were the three main themes. Participants highlighted the organizational support in providing a safe and dedicated "space" for nurses' well-being. They also expressed desire and willingness to participate in additional workshops outside of work hours. CONCLUSION: Further studies using a larger sample are needed to examine the scalability and efficacy of storytelling at work. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: Nurses rated storytelling positively and suggested a brief version to be incorporated into nursing practice. Establishing the culture of organizational support and psychological safety was identified as the necessary antecedents.