Nurse burnout and professional stress among healthcare providers
Nurse burnout and professional stress among healthcare providers are some of the main factors that affect the level of quality healthcare works provide and the level of satisfaction that they gain from their occupation. Most of the studies that have been carried out about nurse burnout have found out that burnout results in job dissatisfaction. A study by White, Aiken, & McHugh (2019) is one study that provides a good connection between nurse burnout and job satisfaction. The study is important to nurse burnout as it provides information that is essential in understanding the relationship between nurse burnout and the level of job satisfaction that they receive. The article aimed at examining the relationship between nurse burnout, job dissatisfaction, and missed care in the nursing homes among the registered nurse (RN).
In the United States, registered nurses working in nursing homes experience more burnout rates and reduced job satisfaction than registered nurses working in other settings (White, Aiken, & McHugh, 2019). When registered nurses work under poor working conditions with no working results, the level of missed care in nursing homes tends to be high. According to White, Aiken, & McHugh (2019), nursing burnout is the main determinant of the connection between the working surroundings, and the quality of work with the nurses can provide. In nursing homes, the connection between the working surroundings and the nurse’s quality of services is less understood than in other hospital settings. The main reason why the relationship is not well understood is that most of the studies about nurse burnout have been done outside the nursing home setting.
White, Aiken & McHugh (2019) states that a few staff, poor team working, and poor working conditions are factors that increase the rate of nurse burnout in nursing homes. Besides, the connection between the working surroundings and the quality of services delivered is not well understood because most of the studies about nurse burnout come from abroad. White, Aiken, & McHugh (2019) found out that adequate staff and resources, good compensation plans, supportive management, and promotional opportunities are the main factors that improve job satisfaction among registered nurses working in the nursing home setting. For instance, when nurses are provided with the required resources and support, they can deliver the required care within the required time because they feel motivated and do not face any burnout. However, there is a poor understanding of how the level of job satisfaction and nurse burnout affects the quality of services that the nurses can deliver.
White, Aiken, & McHugh (2019) findings were that most of the registered nurses working in the nursing homes are not able to complete the care needed because of the lack of the required resources or because of the limited time which the nurses have. The dissatisfied nurses were likely to not to be able to complete the required care 2.6 time when compared to those who are satisfied. Nurses who have burnout were more likely to miss the required care when compared to the nurse who had no burnout. Besides, the findings of the article were that job dissatisfaction among the registered nurses reduces their ability to complete the required care. Establishing good working conditions in the nursing home setting through the provision of the required resources and support to the nurses is important in reducing nurse burnout and in improving job satisfaction thus improving the quality of services delivered by the nurses. The article by White, Aiken, & McHugh (2019) is important to the nursing profession as it provides important information that can be used to reduce nurse burnout and enhance job satisfaction more specifically to registered nesting working in the nursing homes setting. Creating a good working condition which has the required resources be one of the main approaches which can be used to deal with the issue of nurse burnout and job satisfaction.
From the article, to address the issues of nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction which affects the quality of services delivered by the nurses, good working conditions should be established. The creation of good working conditions can be achieved by providing the nurse with the required resources and giving them the required support. Implementation of this solution will help in enhancing the quality of the services delivered by the nurses and also enabling the nurse to completer the required care. The issue of nurse burnout can affect service delivery in the healthcare sector if not effectively addressed. If the problem continues without any action, the quality of services delivered to the patients will be affected. Besides, the nurses will be impacted negatively making them lose morale in their profession. From the article one may be left wondering are the long-term effects of nurse burnout?
In conclusion, the article by White, Aiken, & McHugh (2019) contains important information that provides a clear understanding of how nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction affect the quality of services that the nurses can provide. The information is of value to the topic of nurse burnout as it provides measures that can be used to reduce burnout and enhance job satisfaction. The article was chosen on the final nursing thesis as it contains useful information which can be used to assist nurses on how to deal with burnout. The article found out that lack of enough resources and the required support are the major contributing factors that increase nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction among the registered nurses working in nursing homes.