Nursing Burnout
Doris Adu
Maximizing Opportunities and Maintaining Excitement in Nursing
Professional Development
Kent State University
Abstract
Staff nurses have great responsibilities in caring for patients. Often, these nurses experience heavy workload. Heavy patient load and stress contributes to burnout. Why is burnout important to discuss in relation to nurses? Burnout affects the performance of the nurse and the quality of care he or she provides to the patient. Therefore, it is imperative that staff nurses decrease the possibility of burnout and increase or maintain excitement and enjoyment in the field of nursing. If nurses do so, they will find joy in their work and quality of patient care will be increased. Contributors to burnout and registered nurses’ job dissatisfaction will be discussed. This paper also gives advice to nurses to explore the field of nursing and chose a position that fit them best.
Keywords used to search topic includes burnout, job satisfaction, and new RN jobs.
Nursing is a great field with flexibility in practice area. The “ registered nurse is trained as a general nurse who is free to move in and out of specializations, unrelated medical fields, and endless opportunity.” (Williams, 2007). Often, the nature of the staff nurse’s job can be challenging and stressful. Staff nurses are often bombarded with many patients, medication administration, and paper work. Because of the workload, nurses may become burnout and the job they once enjoyed isn’t enjoyable any longer. Being burnout not only affects the nurse, but it affects the patients too. When a nurse is burnout, it is unlikely he or she will do their job to the highest standard; patient care will not be at its highest quality. This paper seeks to address how nurses can enjoy and maintain the excitement of the field of nursing. Suggestions such as nursing prioritization development of good work ethics, exploring the profession of nursing, and nurses recognizing that they make a difference will
Maximizing Opportunities and Maintaining Excitement in Nursing
Professional Development
Kent State University
Abstract
Staff nurses have great responsibilities in caring for patients. Often, these nurses experience heavy workload. Heavy patient load and stress contributes to burnout. Why is burnout important to discuss in relation to nurses? Burnout affects the performance of the nurse and the quality of care he or she provides to the patient. Therefore, it is imperative that staff nurses decrease the possibility of burnout and increase or maintain excitement and enjoyment in the field of nursing. If nurses do so, they will find joy in their work and quality of patient care will be increased. Contributors to burnout and registered nurses’ job dissatisfaction will be discussed. This paper also gives advice to nurses to explore the field of nursing and chose a position that fit them best.
Keywords used to search topic includes burnout, job satisfaction, and new RN jobs.
Nursing is a great field with flexibility in practice area. The “ registered nurse is trained as a general nurse who is free to move in and out of specializations, unrelated medical fields, and endless opportunity.” (Williams, 2007). Often, the nature of the staff nurse’s job can be challenging and stressful. Staff nurses are often bombarded with many patients, medication administration, and paper work. Because of the workload, nurses may become burnout and the job they once enjoyed isn’t enjoyable any longer. Being burnout not only affects the nurse, but it affects the patients too. When a nurse is burnout, it is unlikely he or she will do their job to the highest standard; patient care will not be at its highest quality. This paper seeks to address how nurses can enjoy and maintain the excitement of the field of nursing. Suggestions such as nursing prioritization development of good work ethics, exploring the profession of nursing, and nurses recognizing that they make a difference will
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