In overcrowded facilities across the country, nurses are working long hours and falling susceptible to nurse burnout. it is not necessarily the number of patients they treat but the long hours spent doing it that raise stress levels in nurses.. Nursing unit teams matter: impact of unit-level nurse practice environment, nurse work characteristics, and burnout on nurse reported job outcomes, and quality of care, and patient adverse events--a cross-sectional survey.. Put another way, treating nurses as customers is at the heart of all work on the quality of patient care by nurses. efficiency — how hospitals must operate — will loom large as the affordable care act is rolled out and sequestration cuts continue..
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Warning signs of nurse burnout in critical care. by jennifer larson, contributor. nursing is a very demanding job, both emotionally and physically.. Nurse burnout goes beyond feeling tired or experiencing a bad day at work. it is defined as emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress.. Consequences of nurse burnout. not surprisingly, intensive care and other critical care units are characterized by high-levels of work-related stress, and work-related stress is a factor known to increase the risk of burnout. burnout is linked to absenteeism and lower job performance, and it has also been shown to partially explain turnover intention among nurses..