Purpose The purpose of this literature review is to identify nurses' perceptions of workplace stress or burnout, sources of occupational fatigue and identify potential methods of reducing stress. Search Strategy The Joanna Briggs Library, CINAHL and MEDLINE databases were accessed using the keywords stress (MH "Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic") OR "secondary traumatic stress" OR (MH "Stress, Occupational") OR (MH "Stress, Physiological"), professional burnout, vicarious traumatisation, emotional…
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the student, a Staff Nurse on the hospice ward, has observed a general increase in ‘stress’ levels of the ward staff. Rising levels of exhaustion and staff frustration are apparent, along with a general feeling of ‘no longer feeling valued’. The student has observed, over time, signs of apathy in colleagues’ daily behaviour. Nursing ranks highly in occupations to experience stress according to the Health and Safety Executive (2005). A postal survey to 6000 general nurses, undertaken by the Royal…
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Topic of Interest The goal of this paper is to conduct a literature review of the relationship between nursing fatigue and the quality of patient care. As frontline providers of care, nurses face a multitude of challenges that can impact both their well-being and the quality of healthcare services they deliver. This paper gains insights from various identified studies. By examining existing research, we seek to understand the impact of fatigue on nursing professionals and its potential implications…
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PROVIDING QUALITY CARE Nurse staffing, quality of nursing care and nurse job outcomes in intensive care units Sung-Hyun Cho, Kyung Ja June, Yun Mi Kim, Yong Ae Cho, Cheong Suk Yoo, Sung-Cheol Yun and Young Hee Sung Aim. To examine the relationship between nurse staffing and nurse-rated quality of nursing care and job outcomes. Background. Nurse staffing has been reported to influence patient and nurse outcomes. Design. A cross-sectional study with a survey conducted August–October 2007. Methods…
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relation to the nurses themselves. Nursing staffing levels and their effects on the patient outcomes will also be discussed with regards to morbidity and mortality besides other indicators of patient outcomes, the impact of nursing staffing levels to quality of care as well as an overview of past studies as far as the relationship between nursing staffing levels and the outcome of the patient is concerned. Nursing staffing The term nursing staffing refers to the levels of nurses that are employed…
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Safety: Adequate Nurse to Patient Ratio Jillian Benson Baker University School of Nursing One of the primary tenets of medicine is "first, do no harm". Patients put their trust in doctors and nurses when they are most vulnerable and are in need of care. Yet, what does a patient initially experience at the beginning of a hospital stay? Nurses who appear to be responsible for caring for large numbers of patients and a scarcity of doctors. Patients quickly realize that nurses are responsible…
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Burnout A Silent Epidemic Burnout is defined as “a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by long term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation” (Rossi et al. 2012). Karinikola and Papathanassoglou, (2013) suggest the three major signs of burnout include emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. Energy levels surrounding the professionals’ job engagement is seen as the best measure of emotional exhaustion. Clear detached relationships between…
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Burnout Syndrome: Intervention and Prevention in the Human Service Field Brittany R. McIntyre Upper Iowa University Abstract Employee burnout is getting increased attention in the human service field. Burnout Syndrome is a prolonged response to exhaustion and stressors in the workplace. This syndrome can cause a person to feel exhausted and overworked, resulting in the employee feeling ineffective at his or her position. In this paper the dimensions of Burnout Syndrome will be covered, as well…
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Personal Statement Grueling days and long hours: as a 15-year-old boy, this is what the blueberry farm offered me. Starting at 7am and working until 10pm some nights, was exhausting. I did not have much of a choice; being one of eight siblings, I had to work. Doing manual labor for 14 hours takes a pronounced mental toughness for an adolescent. On top of the sweat drenching my body and the fatigue tempting me to sit down every second, I could not understand what my co-workers were saying because…
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strategy. In this paper an attempt has been made to identify the various factors of organizational structure and culture which have positive and negative impact on job satisfaction, job stress and employee motivation through the extensive review of the existing literature. The findings…
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