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Review
. 2022 Mar;57(1):153-169.
doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2021.11.011. Epub 2022 Feb 9.

Nursing Burnout and Its Impact on Health

Virginia Sullivan  1 , Vickie Hughes  2 , Debra Rose Wilson  3
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Review

Nursing Burnout and Its Impact on Health

Virginia Sullivan et al. Nurs Clin North Am. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Burnout in nurses can have negative consequences for the organizational health of the institution and the mental and physical health of the nurse. In this article, the authors identify the incidence of burnout in nursing and risk and protective factors. Next, they discuss the relationship between burnout and health, highlighting the critical relationship between burnout, stress, inflammation, and declines in physical health. Lastly, they review articles from the Zangaro and colleagues' systematic review related to mental and physical health to create a picture of the existing research on burnout and health.

Keywords: Burnout; Health; Resilience; Self-care; Stress; Stress management.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure The authors have nothing to disclose.