A New Look at Nurse Burnout

Abstract

As healthcare organizations deal with changes in the external environment, uncertainty in the internal environment is created. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among environmental uncertainty, social climate, and burnout among staff nurses. Multiple regression analysis was used to explore relationships among study variables. Perceived environmental uncertainty predicted burnout among staff nurses, although there was no significant relationship between burnout and objective measures of unit activity. The social climate of the workplace was negatively associated with burnout. The authors concluded that social networks are important during times of change and uncertainty in the work environment; in other words, a supportive workplace can protect against burnout.

Comparing centralized vs. decentralized nursing unit design as a determinant of stress and job satisfaction

“…In the case of whether nursing unit design influences interaction patterns, our preliminary data from Becker's study [24] suggest that the new, more decentralized unit has significantly decreased the frequency of interaction among nurses, and between nurses and doctors. In addition, according to [26] study, on the decentralized units significantly less time was spent consulting with other medical staff when compared with the centralized units (within hospitals and across hospitals). In addition, observed social interactions were significantly higher in the centralized units (across hospitals) than in decentralized units providing additional evidence of the importance of social behavior in nursing station design.…”

“…Researchers contend that aversive physical characteristics can generate negative reactivity affecting stress, sense of personal control and well-being [16] . Stress, according to Zimring, C [17] , can result from the dynamic interactions of person and environment if there is a misfit between individuals' attributes and environmental attributes.…”

Occupational stress, work-home interference and burnout among Belgian veterinary practitioners

“…Numerous studies have been conducted about stress and burnout in the healthcare professionals including doctors [43], nurses [10,35,13] and dentists [29]. However, there are few formal studies about stress in veterinary surgeons.…”

The Effects of the Work Environment on Nurse Burnout in Emergency Department

“…Aynı çalışmalarda ayrıca yoğun iş temposu ile çalışan ve iş yükü fazla olan hemşirelerin yardım alamadığında veya desteklenmediğinde uzun süreli stres yaşadığı ve bu durumun tü-kenmişliğe yol açtığı belirtilmiştir. [25][26][27][28] Bizim çalışmamızda, hekim ve diğer sağlık çalışanları ile herhangi bir sorun yaşa-yan hemşirelerde, sorun yaşamayan hemşirelere göre DT ve D düzeyleri anlamlı olarak daha yüksek bulundu. Ayrıca hekim ve diğer sağlık çalışanları ile görev ve sorumlulukları yerine getirmede yetersizlik / aşırı yük sorunları, bireysel / hiyerarşik sorunlar, tedavi protokollerine uyumsuzluk sorunları ve iletişimde yetersizlik / eksiklik sorunları yaşayan hemşi-relerin de DT ve D düzeyleri anlamlı olarak daha yüksek bulundu.…”