Essays on Nursing Burnout

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Summary The research question addressed in the research summary table is “What are the factors and predictors of nursing burnout?” Two studies, i.e. Davis et al. (2013) and Wang et al., (2015) contained convenience samples; so the results of the studies do not apply to all students. However, the number of samples in the studies was sufficient to get a statistically significant result. All the studies utilized the responses of the participants through surveys and questionnaires. Studies by Allen et al., (2015) and Wang et al., (2015) were also cross-sectional in nature. All of the studies ...

Nursing Burnout

Nursing Burnout Nursing burnout is a major area of concern as it relates to human resource development and patient care. As nurses reach burnout, their job satisfaction declines, and errors in patient care increase. This study sought to determine what work environment characteristics most relate to an increase in burn out, across multiple departments, in the hospital setting. In other words, the research question was: regardless of nursing area, are there certain factors that increase nurses’ experience of burnout. The hypothesis was that certain personal characteristics, work conditions, and relationships between colleges would all contribute to burnout, thus negatively ...

Introduction

Nursing burnout has been a problem for hospitals and health institutes administrators for years. Addressing problems caused by nursing burnout plays can actually be alarming considering the fact that it can affect the credibility and reliability of the healthcare services available in the hospital as well as its capability to handle patients. Therefore, it is of utmost importance for researchers as well as the nurses themselves to know the causes, risk factors, and the effects of burnout to themselves and their patients. Nurses should always be on call and ready to deliver high quality nursing services and they surely would ...