Everyone does get stressed out at times due to long working hours and fatigue. Overworking could result in emotional disengagement, exhaustion or even burnout. Many nursing students and nurses do experience burnouts due to the nature of their work that is most at times intense and rigor. According to Monsalve-Reyes, San Luis-Costas, Gómez-Urquiza, Albendín-García, Aguayo and Cañadas-De (2018), over engagement results in stress whereas burnouts result in detachment and dulled emotions that ultimately deprive a nurse the motivation to give their best while at work. Burnouts not only detach nurses emotionally but they also affect the productivity of a nurse such that they are incapable of giving necessary care for patients. According to (Zhenyu, Aolin & Bo, 2016), hospitals with high rates of nurse burnouts have more likelihoods of patient infections while the overall patient satisfaction is low. Ultimately, unattended nurse burnout threatens the effectiveness of a hospital because patients are prone to more infections.
Stressors of burnouts do differ depending on the role and location of a nurse because as a nurse continues expanding their experience and roles, more responsibilities are given to them. According to Papathanasiou, Kleisiaris, Fradelos, Kakou, and Kourkouta (2014), more than 48% of Iran nurses accounted for most of their stress levels to roles and responsibilities within hospitals. In an Indian Study, 76% of nurses accounted for their stress levels to their incapability to completing their duties on time. According to Treas (2013), nurses in the United States account their burnouts to ineffective communication that ultimately results in tension and confusion. The medical environment is prone to occupational stressors thus medical practitioners need to address the issues early enough before the factors negatively affect the healing process of patients (Fagerström, Kinnunen & Saarela, 2018). Burnouts could be better managed by adopting outside behaviors that enhance one’s wellness.
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