Essays on Burnouts

Rapid Appraisal

The impacts of nursing inputs on the quality care provided in nursing homes was investigated and found that mix staffing process can effectively optimize the organization standard and reduce the patient adverse outcomes (Hendrix, 2001, para.25). The statistical outcomes of this study present valuable data that is relevant to the proposed issue. The study outcomes demonstrated that the costs of care for decubitus ulcers significantly reduces with the presence of RNs and NAs while it increases with the LPN presence, indicating the significance of delegating appropriate staff for appropriate work as it can effectively improve patient outcomes and reduce ...

Problem Statement

During my practice in the cardiac care unit of 20- bed hospital, I witnessed that most nurses were stressed due to overtime and work- pressure as the ratio of patient to nurse for patient care delivery was 4:1. Such ratios exert huge pressure on the nurse as he/ she has to be attentive to each of her patient as and when needed. Additionally, cardiac care unit’s demands nurses to be highly attentive as most patients admitted need frequent help due to their critical condition. Such situations in which nurses have to handle so many patients’ single- handed increases ...

1. Choose one of the following issues: depression, drug addiction, workplace fatalities, or obesity. Describe a specific way that a community that has a high number of people with that issue could help fix this issue by using methods based on each of the following: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. [6%] Primary care in general is provided by a nursing staff or a physician or an assistant. One is responsible for the maintenance of health and for treating the illness in patients or refers the patient to specialists if needed. Obesity is a growing concern in US and in ...

“Othering” and Minority Issues

In the discussion, “othering” refers to the connection people have with each other as opposed to the ones that are not like them. In other words, the person or persons are regarded as part of a “historical generation,” distinguishing themselves from others who are not a part of that generation. According to Diana George and John Trimbur (43), there is a bond between those who have created a common bond, common experiences, and a common history. Even within this context, there is a difference in the way generations view the goals and aspirations of previous generations. ...

Nurse Managers with effective skills and knowledge are essential components of our health- and medical-care systems. Studies on the relationship of nurse management with nurse empowerment, staff nurse turnover, management of generational issues are being done in all parts of the world. These studies have established correlations between effective nurse management and increased overall productivity of the healthcare systems. The roles of nurse managers are increasingly recognized as they provide leadership to the largest group of employees (nurses) in any healthcare organization (Mathena, 2002).

Nurse empowerment

Improvement in the present nursing working conditions is critical for retaining the nurses currently in ...

The strategy of conceptual mapping is used in burnout. The strategy involves incorporating the main aim of research in general conceptualization and findings. This strategy involves an understanding of Nursing research findings, and why or how the intervention should work and what happens if the intervention does not work. The Concept Mapping for developing your Research Appalachian State University Boone article consists of different advances in helping the reader understand different variables and how they are linked to each other. The author is seen to adhere to conceptual mapping factors pinpointed by Batey. The author first tells the ...

Burnout and work related stress is rife in the healthcare settings but more rampant in the nursing profession. Leiter and Maslach defined burnout as the index of dislocation between what a person is and what they have to get done. It is seen as eroded values, eroded dignity and ultimately of the human soul. It comprises an emotional exhaustion which is chronic, resulting in detachment from work, cynicism, and feeling of ineffectiveness on the job, feeling a sense of hopelessness, worthlessness and hopelessness and having feelings of failure. It manifests as either psychological, behavioural and physical reactions which include diminished caring, ...

LEADERSHIP

Question One

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in October 1869. He is the chosen individual in this context considering his widely known and recognized name, character, and most vitally his undertaking (Gandhi, 2007, p. 14). His predominant existence and presence in the political arena in the last century and their relation and impact in the current era are factors that make this leader a strategic and ideal one for analysis. Mahatma was a pre-eminent leader in India during the Indian independence movement. He is mostly known from his political ideologies and undertakings.

Mahatma was the pioneer individual regarding the factor of ...