TY - JOUR
T1 - Burnout and nursing care
T2 - a concept paper
AU - Parola, Vitor
AU - Coelho, Adriana
AU - Neves, Hugo
AU - Bernardes, Rafael A.
AU - Sousa, Joana Pereira
AU - Catela, Nuno
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Burnout comprises a series of undetermined physical and psychosocial symptoms caused by an excessive energy requirement at work—it is a crisis in relationships with work itself and not necessarily a concern with underlying clinical disorders related to workers. Professions involving human interactions commonly involve emotional engagement, especially when the cared-for person needs assistance and support, as is the primary concern in the nursing profession. To some extent, the acknowledgment of the phenomena of burnout and how it affects people is sometimes addressed from a biomedical perspective. This concept paper aims to describe the burnout concept and reflect on the impact on nurses. Our intention with this reflection, considering the burnout impact on nurses, is to support a paradigm change in the prevention and management of burnout in healthcare contexts, promoting and fostering the well-being of nurses.
AB - Burnout comprises a series of undetermined physical and psychosocial symptoms caused by an excessive energy requirement at work—it is a crisis in relationships with work itself and not necessarily a concern with underlying clinical disorders related to workers. Professions involving human interactions commonly involve emotional engagement, especially when the cared-for person needs assistance and support, as is the primary concern in the nursing profession. To some extent, the acknowledgment of the phenomena of burnout and how it affects people is sometimes addressed from a biomedical perspective. This concept paper aims to describe the burnout concept and reflect on the impact on nurses. Our intention with this reflection, considering the burnout impact on nurses, is to support a paradigm change in the prevention and management of burnout in healthcare contexts, promoting and fostering the well-being of nurses.
KW - Burnout
KW - Nurse–patient relations
KW - Nursing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139979060&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/nursrep12030044
DO - 10.3390/nursrep12030044
M3 - Article
C2 - 35894034
SN - 2039-439X
VL - 12
SP - 464
EP - 471
JO - Nursing Reports
JF - Nursing Reports
IS - 3
ER -