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The Exploration Of Why Burnout Occurs With Registered Nurses Who Work In Psychiatric Care Settings, Jenna Booth
The Exploration Of Why Burnout Occurs With Registered Nurses Who Work In Psychiatric Care Settings, Jenna Booth
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Due to the demands of the job and the nature of the work, being a psychiatric nurse can be mentally, emotionally, and physically draining. As a result, burnout rates are high among psychiatric nurses. Burnout can negatively impact the well-being of psychiatric nurses as well as the quality of patient care. It is important to explore and understand psychiatric nurses' experiences of burnout to help prevent and decrease burnout. A phenomenological qualitative design was utilized to explore psychiatric nurses' lived experiences of burnout. A survey, qualitative in nature, was sent out to nurses at a psychiatric hospital. Phenomenological data analysis …