What Is Nurse Burnout?
Nurse burnout is a condition where a nurse experiences chronic fatigue, exhaustion, tiredness, anger, irritability, frequent headaches, gastrointestinal disturbances, abnormal weight gain or loss, depression, insomnia and breathing difficulties on account of work stress affecting professional performance. Burnout presents three basic features namely, Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization and Personal Achievement (Aleandri et.al, 2006). ED Nurses, by duty, have to act quickly and effectively with minimal information and hence, are more prone to professional stress and burnout. A nurse burnout has serious consequences on account of the medical errors that can occur in an emergency department. Is Nurse Burnout A Reality? A review of the published sources reveals that nurse burn out is a physiological reality and not a psychological myth. A retrospective written survey of all 163 emergency department employees working in 1996 at an urban inner-city tertiary care center in Vancouver has s
