Burnout Syndrome Research Paper
Critical Care Biblio #2
I. Introduction Burnout syndrome is most evident in health care workers since they are more prone to sacrifice a lot for their profession. Because of this, they are incapable of coping with stress which affects them physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. According to the researchers, clinical symptoms of burnout syndrome are nonspecific and include tiredness, headaches, eating problems, insomnia, irritability, emotional instability, and rigidity in relationships with other people. These researchers were also able to develop a tool in determining the severity of BOS and this is one of the reasons why I chose the article. This research journal will be able to provide us with insights regarding burnout …show more content…
syndrome, how it affects us members of the healthcare team and how we could surpass its effects.
II. Methodology
The researchers have conducted a questionnaire survey in France for about 165 ICU’s which included 2,525 nursing staff members wherein 2,392 questionnaires regarding Maslach Burnout Inventory data were returned.
The questionnaire consisted of three pages long and was accompanied by a letter explaining the goal of the study. The first page of the questionnaire included items on demographics and the work-related factors. The nurses were also asked to grade their relationships with their co-staff members and physicians on a 0 to 10 scale where 0 entails the worst possible relationship and 10 as the best possible relationship. The second page of the questionnaire included the 22 items of the MBI, as well as eight items designed to assess the impact of BOS on daily life. The MBI measures burnout as it manifests itself in staff members in human services institutions and health care occupations, such as nursing, social work, psychology, ministry, and various other socially related occupations. It comprises of three subscales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization (5 items), and personal accomplishment (8 items). Each item is scored from 0 (never) to 6 (every day). The third and last page of the questionnaire included the 22 items of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Scale for Depression), as previously recommended when studying
BOS.
III. Summary The ICU is one which we could consider a highly stressful environment and may therefore be associated with a high rate of BOS in staff members. Based on the findings, severe BOS was identified in 785 respondents, with no significant differences between nurses, nursing assistants, and head nurses. However, even though these respondents had the same level of burnout rate than the nurses, strategies to address their burnout might be different. The cost of BOS includes decreased quality of care, absenteeism and high turnover rates, and poor communication with families. In conclusion, severe BOS was common in a large group of ICU nurses and nursing assistants. The development of ICU research groups may hold promise for preventing BOS, together with conflict prevention and improvements in communication within the ICU caregivers during the end-of-life decision-making process.
IV. Significance of the Study
A. Nursing Education This research article will be able to provide us with ideas on how Burnout Syndrome affects our work as members of the healthcare team. Through this, we will be able to have our own means of counteracting the causes and effects of BOS.
B. Nursing Practice In the nursing practice, this article will be able to help us nurses and other healtchcare team members to know how to address these problems so that we could further provide quality and effective care for our clients.
C. Nursing Research This research article will open up opportunities for others who are interested to furthermore improve this study and provide more data regarding BOS in the healthcare settings and support what the recent researchers have done so far.
I. Introduction Burnout syndrome is most evident in health care workers since they are more prone to sacrifice a lot for their profession. Because of this, they are incapable of coping with stress which affects them physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. According to the researchers, clinical symptoms of burnout syndrome are nonspecific and include tiredness, headaches, eating problems, insomnia, irritability, emotional instability, and rigidity in relationships with other people. These researchers were also able to develop a tool in determining the severity of BOS and this is one of the reasons why I chose the article. This research journal will be able to provide us with insights regarding burnout …show more content…
syndrome, how it affects us members of the healthcare team and how we could surpass its effects.
II. Methodology
The researchers have conducted a questionnaire survey in France for about 165 ICU’s which included 2,525 nursing staff members wherein 2,392 questionnaires regarding Maslach Burnout Inventory data were returned.
The questionnaire consisted of three pages long and was accompanied by a letter explaining the goal of the study. The first page of the questionnaire included items on demographics and the work-related factors. The nurses were also asked to grade their relationships with their co-staff members and physicians on a 0 to 10 scale where 0 entails the worst possible relationship and 10 as the best possible relationship. The second page of the questionnaire included the 22 items of the MBI, as well as eight items designed to assess the impact of BOS on daily life. The MBI measures burnout as it manifests itself in staff members in human services institutions and health care occupations, such as nursing, social work, psychology, ministry, and various other socially related occupations. It comprises of three subscales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization (5 items), and personal accomplishment (8 items). Each item is scored from 0 (never) to 6 (every day). The third and last page of the questionnaire included the 22 items of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Scale for Depression), as previously recommended when studying
BOS.
III. Summary The ICU is one which we could consider a highly stressful environment and may therefore be associated with a high rate of BOS in staff members. Based on the findings, severe BOS was identified in 785 respondents, with no significant differences between nurses, nursing assistants, and head nurses. However, even though these respondents had the same level of burnout rate than the nurses, strategies to address their burnout might be different. The cost of BOS includes decreased quality of care, absenteeism and high turnover rates, and poor communication with families. In conclusion, severe BOS was common in a large group of ICU nurses and nursing assistants. The development of ICU research groups may hold promise for preventing BOS, together with conflict prevention and improvements in communication within the ICU caregivers during the end-of-life decision-making process.
IV. Significance of the Study
A. Nursing Education This research article will be able to provide us with ideas on how Burnout Syndrome affects our work as members of the healthcare team. Through this, we will be able to have our own means of counteracting the causes and effects of BOS.
B. Nursing Practice In the nursing practice, this article will be able to help us nurses and other healtchcare team members to know how to address these problems so that we could further provide quality and effective care for our clients.
C. Nursing Research This research article will open up opportunities for others who are interested to furthermore improve this study and provide more data regarding BOS in the healthcare settings and support what the recent researchers have done so far.