“Burnout is a psychological experience that manifests itself in individual, particularly those involved in difficult person-to-person relationships as part of their work, such as nursing professionals (Hamaideh 1). Nurses in general are considered by some at a high risk for burnout because of they experience frequent interpersonal contact with their patients. Additional, there is a multitude of factors that can contribute to a nurse experiencing burnout. For example, a nurse with a large caseload, lower wages, and a weak support system is more likely to experience burnout and dissatisfaction with his or her job. Burnout can result in physical and psychological strain.
Substance abuse among nurses is astonishing when considering that a nurse who is caring for a loved one may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. A nurse is trusted with the life of the patient and to be intoxicated while working to care for that loved one in their time of need is very frightening. The differences among specialties of nursing are extraordinary from the perspective of a person who is inexperienced in the world of medicine. In certain specialties, a nurse is more prone to having a substance abuse problem due to their personality traits. In other specialties, the nurse might be taking a substance to escape the depression that accompanies their field of work.
Patients with a history of illicit drug use are seen as having a higher risk for simultaneous chronic drug related diseases.” Negative attitudes towards patients with a history of illicit drug use can adversely affect the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, resulting in suboptimal patient care”. (Chu 2013) I also agree with the author, that more education is need to help aide the nursing staff in ways to address their concerns in regards to dealing with a high-risk population. If the nurses where more educated on the social determinants of the mentally ill patient, the nurses would be better able to support
We will begin by having women in Dr. Greene’s office who have severe menstrual issues the opportunity to join the study. We will explain the point of the study and ensure they know that we will not be disclosing to them if they are being given the new drug or a placebo. Once the women agree to be a part of the study we will randomly assign them by using their chart numbers. We will put the chart
Solutions for Nursing Personnel Shortages Executive Summary Senior Human Resource Management should adopt some changes in order to combat the current growing nursing/healthcare personnel shortage. Employees simply want to be heard and sympathized with. Nowadays the nursing shortage has caused many problems in the healthcare industry. First and foremost, the quality of care being provided to patients is declining due to the fact that there are not as many nurses to care for the patient appropriately. As a matter of fact, the workload being dumped on the employees is steadily increasing.
Several factors have contributed to Registered Nurses (RNs) leaving clinical nursing practice. These includes job dissatisfaction, increase in age of working nurses, verbal and physical abuse from managers, physicians and co-workers, lack of support from members of staff, fatigue and exhaustion due to work overload, and retention and recruitment. This situation can be improved by ensuring adequate nurse to patient ratios by reducing work load, promoting respects of nurses, giving rewards and recognizing nurses for a job well done, empowering nurses and nursing management, and increasing recreational activities for nurses to reduce fatigue and burnout. Purpose and Research Questions The study was conducted to identify the factors why RNs are leaving clinical nursing practice, what their expectation from the Nursing Management, job satisfaction and factors influencing retention of nurses. The research question for this study was “What is the experience of RNs who leave clinical nursing?
This paper will explore factors that contribute to medication errors and their effects on mental health nurses. In addition this paper will offer some future recommendation in order to decrease medication errors. Medication errors Medication administration is an essential aspect of nursing, however, failure to consider the details of adverse reactions, drug interactions or administration schedules may compromise the efficiency of the therapeutic medication regime (Jordan, Jones, & Sargent, 2009). According to Haw, Stubbs & Dickens (2007) and Ramanujan &
Addiction is considered a disease, but the addicted nurse remains responsible for actions when working. Nurses should be aware of the signs and symptoms of substance abuse and know when to report a coworker suspected of substance abuse to management. Consider the following questions and situations. What does a substance abuse nurse look like? "Have you seen Jane lately?
This only reflects back on ineffective nurse staffing with poor outcomes. The current shortage, heavy workloads and increasing reports of burnout have significant effect on the working registered nurse. Studying the critical care nurses staffing concerns gives valuable insight between the nurses work condition and shortage. This could reveal information about daily stress levels in nursing that make patient care more complex and add to the nursing turnover. This proposal is to validate current working conditions in critical care units and the fact that nurses do have input on turn over.
After the Second World War the shortage was horrible. Now, many Americans are experiencing a serious shortage of nurses within the healthcare facilities. The shortage is caused by different factors that include aging workforce, reduction in the number of graduates from nursing schools, poor wages and other job working conditions. In addition, these shortages are forcing nurses to look for better paying jobs, such as private nursing. There is a variety of recommendations being examined as we speak.