Stats
Causes
symptoms
Effects of burnout
How to improve
100

What percentage of nurses are worried that their tiredness will cause a patient to suffer?

44%

100

Anxiety, tense, pressure-filled place

High-stress work environment

100

Feeling tires

Exhaustion

100
Many people quitting 
High staff turnover 
100

A free and healthy way to feel better

Exercise! 

200

What percentage of nurses feel their work is mentally and physically demanding? 

98%

200

Extended time periods

Long shifts, 12 + hours

200

Having no desire to do anything

A lack of motivation

200

Hard to staff hospitals

Hospital shortage

200

Positive ways to handle stress

healthy coping mechanisms 

300

percentage of nurses who feel the effects of nursing burnout

62%

300

Adverse life events

Death and sickness

300

Effects on the sleep cycle

A difference in sleep habits

300

More workload falls on those still employed 

Increased risk for burnout for the people who stay 

300

Organize your life

prioritize work/life balance

400

What year was the word "burnout" first used in reference to nurses?

1970

400

Pressure +performance 

severe stress combined with high ideals

400

Not caring anymore

A lack of empathy 

400
Each individual nurse has to care for more patients than appropriately safe. 

Impaired patient-centred care

400

Continued education

Educational lectures about how to deal with the stresses of the job.

500

how many nurses will experience symptoms of nurse burnout over their career? 

1 in 5 nurses.

500

Unhappy and unsatisfied with your career

Job dissatisfaction 

500

Nursing errors

Poor judgement calls

500

Adverse effects of the nurses who did not properly take care of themselves before quitting.

Chronic stress/illnesses

500
Self-insight
Recognizing that burnout is real and could happen to you