Should all ICU clinicians regularly be tested for burnout? Yes

Burnout and Joy in the Profession of Critical Care Medicine

“…Conversely, burnout syndrome may cause stress, reduce performance, and thus cause more errors [3,4]. Burnout syndrome can also result in high sickness rates and potential skill drain in organizations if staff members feel they have no option but to leave their jobs prematurely to preserve their own mental and physical health; this may cause problems for the healthcare system, the individual, and also patient safety [28,29]. Although an easy solution may appear to be to replace staff in these roles, this may not be a straightforward process and may be associated with a reduction in efficiency [29].…”

Nursing professional practice environment and its relationship with nursing outcomes in intensive care units: a test of the structural equation model

“…Heavy workloads, the high number of patients per nurse, time pressure and increased documentation are the environmental factors associated with stress, exhaustion, undesirable levels of care, job dissatisfaction and nurse burnout (12). Also, advanced technologies, change in guidelines, poor inter-professional communications, ethical issues and emotional challenges of dealing with critically ill and dying patients and their families are associated with high turnover rates of expert nurses in the ICU (13).…”

Medicine and the human factor

“…27 In the Medscape 2019 survey, 44% of critical care practitioners experienced burn-out. 20 On May 15, 2017, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine issued a statement titled ‘Burn out syndrome in critical care: a call for action’ 28 in follow-up to the paper by Moss et al 27 However, the number of publications on the subject specific to critical care, save for debate papers 29–31 remains rather low.…”