Calling RNs and LPNs.....Nurse Burnout

[LovableGluttons]

Hi!


I'm writing an essay on nurse burnout.

If you are currently or recently employed as either an LPN or RN, would you mind answering a few questions purely for research purposes for my paper?

1. When you hear the term "nurse burnout", what comes to mind?


2. What do you think are the signs of burnout?


3. What factors in the workplace do you feel contribute to burnout?


4. What do you feel employers, physicians, and patients can do to prevent nurse burnout?


5. Do you feel burnout is a "valid" disability claim for nurses?


I sincerely appreciate and look forward to your responses. They will really help! Some personal accounts or examples would be great too!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

What type of program are you writing this for, if you don't mind my asking?

 

[dakcp2001]

Tried to pm you, but you have that disabled?

 

[dakcp2001]

What type of program are you writing this for, if you don't mind my asking?

I am also curious.

 

[Disney Doll]

See bolded

Hi!


I'm writing an essay on nurse burnout.

If you are currently or recently employed as either an LPN or RN, would you mind answering a few questions purely for research purposes for my paper?

1. When you hear the term "nurse burnout", what comes to mind? Nurses who hate their jobs & deliver less than optimum care

2. What do you think are the signs of burnout? Depression, crankiness, a decerase in the level of care the nurse offers..."cutting corners" so to speak

3. What factors in the workplace do you feel contribute to burnout? understaffing, sicker patients, more demanding families, more regulations that have to be adhered to. But the biggest one is understaffing.

4. What do you feel employers, physicians, and patients can do to prevent nurse burnout? better staffing, better use of resources


5. Do you feel burnout is a "valid" disability claim for nurses? Is it a valid claim ffor finding another job? Yes. Is it a valid claim for disability insurance reimbursment? No.

I sincerely appreciate and look forward to your responses. They will really help! Some personal accounts or examples would be great too!

FTR, I have worked on a med/surg floor for 27 years with forays into homecare, healthcare informatics and insurance company utilization review along the way.

 

[kerstfan1]

I'm writing an essay on nurse burnout.

If you are currently or recently employed as either an LPN or RN, would you mind answering a few questions purely for research purposes for my paper?

1. When you hear the term "nurse burnout", what comes to mind?
a nurse who is
not enjoying her work that he - she hates going to work
2. What do you think are the signs of burnout?
snapines

3. What factors in the workplace do you feel contribute to burnout?
unsupportive managment

4. What do you feel employers, physicians, and patients can do to prevent nurse burnout?
good talking and being on top of problems

5. Do you feel burnout is a "valid" disability claim for nurses?
yes


i do have to say im a leaning nurse in a nursing home on a dementia ward with lots of agressif people

 

[LovableGluttons]

Thank you so much!

I'm working towards my MSN and to become a Family Nurse Practitioner.

I've been a registered nurse for twenty years, started in NICU, then L & D, ER, back to NICU, taught OB Peds to LPN students, and now work in hospice.

It's pretty poignant that I started with the beginning of life and am finishing my RN career with the end of life.

 

[LovableGluttons]

I'm writing an essay on nurse burnout.

If you are currently or recently employed as either an LPN or RN, would you mind answering a few questions purely for research purposes for my paper?

1. When you hear the term "nurse burnout", what comes to mind?
a nurse who is
not enjoying her work that he - she hates going to work
2. What do you think are the signs of burnout?
snapines

3. What factors in the workplace do you feel contribute to burnout?
unsupportive managment

4. What do you feel employers, physicians, and patients can do to prevent nurse burnout?
good talking and being on top of problems

5. Do you feel burnout is a "valid" disability claim for nurses?
yes


i do have to say im a leaning nurse in a nursing home on a dementia ward with lots of agressif people

Holland?!!!!! Wow! Thank you!

 

[Kellydelly]

1. When you hear the term "nurse burnout", what comes to mind?

Overtired, overwhelmed, stressed, lost interest in job


2. What do you think are the signs of burnout?

Apathy, bad attitude, sloppy pt care, lack of respect for coworkers


3. What factors in the workplace do you feel contribute to burnout?

Poor staffing, high pt load, poor management, night shifts, not enough support


4. What do you feel employers, physicians, and patients can do to prevent nurse burnout?

Provide proper staffing, support, good management, give atta-boys, keep up morale, pay attention to staff needs


5. Do you feel burnout is a "valid" disability claim for nurses?

No, I do not!


These are my thoughts after being an RN for only 9 months.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Ah, you are one of us! Good for you.

I'm writing an essay on nurse burnout.

If you are currently or recently employed as either an LPN or RN, would you mind answering a few questions purely for research purposes for my paper?

1. When you hear the term "nurse burnout", what comes to mind?
Negativity
Irritability
Depression
Impatience

2. What do you think are the signs of burnout?
Diminished responsiveness
Less caring
Wanting to leave job
Tension surrounding individual

3. What factors in the workplace do you feel contribute to burnout?
Understaffing
Lack of support from services and/or people put in place to support
Working too many hours or too much overtime
Disrespect
Misunderstanding of role
For some, night and other alternate shifts like all weekends, these days even per diem (no hours available)


I'll add out of workplace (as I believe it's significant)
Health, family or other personal stress factors
Poor social life outside of work

4. What do you feel employers, physicians, and patients can do to prevent nurse burnout?

Employers
Support
Respect
Adequate/safe staffing
Validate concerns
Recognition

Physicians
Interact professionally, collaboratively and collegially
Respect team approach
Respect eachother's roles

Patients
Mutual respect
Patience
Appreciation
Physical and verbal abuse never ok

5. Do you feel burnout is a "valid" disability claim for nurses?
Probably not

 

[LovableGluttons]

Thank you so much!


I've skated along the burnout edge several times in my career. I believe there is an expectation by the general public and our employers to put the nurse into a superhuman role.

While my employers have not appreciated it, I've learned to deal with it by setting boundaries. I work for a non profit. If the difference between an adequate annual evaluation and an amazing one amounts to a difference between a 1.5% raise and a 2% raise, I'll gladly keep my health and sanity and give up the 0.5%.

It forces our employers to hire more staff if we are not consistently coming in to rescue them during short staffing.

We are not super human. We are human. We have to maintain a balance, whether our employers and patients understand that or not.

What good is an unemployed nurse from burnout to a patient or an employer?

There is a nursing shortage which will only get worse and soon.


This is life and death for our patients. We have to be healthy enough to help them through that. If we neglect our own health, we neglect theirs.


Set those boundaries and stick to them!


I'm salaried and have to monitor how many hours I give up. If I don't, I can easily work 7 days a week, 12 hours a day.

If you don't stop it, it will stop you.


I sincerely don't profess to have the answers to this huge and growing problem. I know what works for me.

I hope I'm a great nurse. I hope my employer and patients feel that way too.

I am a human being first and foremost.