Abstract
Emergency departments are high-stress environments for patients and clinicians. As part of the clinical team, nurses experience this stress daily and are subject to high levels of burnout, which has been shown to lead to hypertension, depression, and anxiety. Presence of these diseases may also contribute to burnout, creating a cycle of stress and illness. This prospective qualitative study used a phenomenological approach to better understand factors associated with burnout among emergency department nurses. Burnout manifests itself in multiple modes, can affect nurses' decisions to leave the profession, and must be addressed to mitigate the phenomenon.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 262-265 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Workplace Health and Safety |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2017 |
Keywords
- continuous quality improvement
- emergency response
- management
- occupational hazards
- occupational health and safety team
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Nursing (miscellaneous)