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Define burnout
Burnout is the consequences of severe stress and high ideals in a profession that emphasizes compassion, helping, and critical thinking.
These are the effects that shortage can have on a patient
Patient safety, poor interaction with patient, lower quality of care, increased risk of medical error
This practice can help relieve stress as well as maintain a healthy lifestyle
Yoga, run
This is the percentage of nurses that report inadequate staffing levels
1 in 3 or 33%
These are the three main symptoms of burnout
Exhaustion, depressed feeling, and reduced performance
when the nurse to patient ratio does not give the patients a safe environment
A high census to low nursing staff
Saying this to new commitments can help reduce stress
NO
This percentage of nurses report excessive workloads
54%
Reduced performance and exhaustion can cause this to patients.
Harm, malpractice, neglect, etc.
This is the first thing a nurse should do when given a patient load that he/she cannot handle
go to the nurse manager/charge nurse and report it. Then fill out an incidence report stating that you will do your best to provide optimal care to your patients but if something happens you will not be held accountable because the nursing unit did not provide the necessary staffing
Utilizing assistive personnel and LPN's to perform tasks within their scope of practice to assist the RN with time management
Delegation
This percentage of nursing units are short staffed
2 in 5 or 40%
These are the causes of burnout
Long shifts, putting others first, compassion fatigue, high stress environments, coping with sickness/death, understaffing increased numbers of responsibilities. failure to communicate, pressure from patients and management
Nursing shortage causes patient dissatisfaction resulting in
Low insurance reimbursement
Closing your eyes and focusing on an image that brings you internal serenity
guided imagery
This percentage of nurses report fatigue at the beginning of their shift
96%
This percentage of nurses say they spend an insufficient amount of time with their patients
50% or half