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Review

Work Stress and Burnout Among Nurses: Role of the Work Environment and Working Conditions

Bonnie M. Jennings  1
Ronda G Hughes
, editors.
In: Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008 Apr. Chapter 26.
Advances in Patient Safety.
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Review

Work Stress and Burnout Among Nurses: Role of the Work Environment and Working Conditions

Bonnie M. Jennings.
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Excerpt

Stress and burnout are concepts that have sustained the interest of nurses and researchers for several decades. These concepts are highly relevant to the workforce in general and nursing in particular. Despite this interest and relevance, the effects of stress and burnout on patient outcomes, patient safety, and quality care are not well defined by evidence. In fact, the link between stress and burnout to patient outcomes has been explored in only four investigations. There is a great need for comprehensive studies that will examine these dynamics in a way that will yield more solid evidence on which to base practice.

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