Essays on Burn-out

Abstract

Introduction Nursing practice recognizes altruism through various interventions such as understanding different beliefs and cultures, advocating for vulnerable patients, taking risks on behalf of other workers and patients and mentoring other professionals. In altruism, interpersonal factors such as respect and compassion are considered virtues that cultivate a caring attitude towards others. As such, some people feel that altruism usually places heavy demands on the nurses’ self-sacrifice, thus overlooking the challenges that these nurses face while in practice especially with acute-care settings and psychiatric situations. In this regard, it means that master’s prepared nurses have a role to play ...

Depression is a mental medical condition that is characterized by a persistent and pervasive low mood, loss of enjoyment in normally pleasurable activities accompanied by a low self-esteem (Howell 2). Depression is a disabling medical condition that can affect negatively an individual’s work, family, eating habits, school life, the general health and social interactions. In the United States, for example, 3.3% of the total deaths are caused by suicide and other mood related disorders (Howell 2). An increase in the cases of deaths and other criminal activities due to depression in the US has caused a lot of ...

Critique of Article

The article chose for research critique is titled: “Staff burnout in pediatric oncology: new tools to facilitate the development and evaluation of effective interventions”. (Mukherjee, Beresford and Tennant, 2014) Background: Stress and associated burn-out syndrome, are common among staffs working in pediatric oncology. However, there has been no serious efforts to understand, grade and devise ways to combat this problem. As an initiative in this direction, the study was designed to develop a research instrument that measures stressful and rewarding experiences among staff. The article is organized as introduction, methods, result, discussion, conclusion and acknowledgement. A brief abstract will ...

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Introduction

The case of Julie and Susan occurs often in a work environment where a subordinate relationship and job description are not clearly defined. Misunderstanding between co-workers most often escalate into emotional confrontation inside and sometimes outside of the work premises. Behavioral issues are always the main factor why conflict between people happens and most workplace conflict occurs due to external influences. Individuals with personal problems are at higher risk of being easily irritated and they tend to show intolerant and aggressive behavior. On the other hand, the case also reflects the different attitudes of people towards work. Some people enjoy ...