To answer the clinical question of whether scheduling and nurse burnout are connected, the following paper analyzes the study titled ‘Burnout in Nursing: A Theoretical Review’ by Dall’Ora, Ball, Reinius, and Griffiths. The reason the answer to the question is important is due to the unclear origins and factors that contribute to nursing burnout. The following article examines the research that exists that addresses the relationship between burnout and variables of every day produced within nursing practices. This literature review aims to assist in drawing links between causes and consequences of burnout, with schedule and shift duration being especially prevalent. The study has implemented data from MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO to attain the different factors of the workplace that appear as trends in nurse burnout (Dall’Ora et al., 2020). It is a literature review, which means it’s a secondary source that incorporates primary sources in a qualitative study. These included high workloads, low control over their work, poor social climates or support systems, and low rewards. These also served as predictors of burnout among nursing staff. The effects of burnout often manifested as turnovers, absences, and general health complications.
The study also illustrates a category of factors that are a result of systematic and managerial planning that affect burnout. These included inadequate nurse staffing, shifts above twelve hours, poor nurse-physician communication, low autonomy, low schedule flexibility, high demands on an individual’s psychological resilience, and time pressure. The collective exposure to these workplace factors results not only in burnout but in follow-up issues such as reduced job performance, poor care quality, poor safety of patients, potential adverse events, and negative experiences for patients. Burnout also escalates the likelihood of medication errors, patient incidences, and intentions to leave the workplace by nurses experiencing burnout. The collective analysis of prior studies concluded that the relationship between negative patterns in the workplace, such as long shifts and poor scheduling, and nurse burnout is directly proportional. Additionally, the adverse effects of nurse burnout result in poor delivery of care within hospital settings.
Reference
Dall’Ora, C., Ball, J., Reinius, M., & Griffiths, P. (2020). Burnout in nursing: A theoretical review. Human Resources for Health, 18(41), 1-17. Web.