Open AccessAre Registered Nurses Working in an Acute Care Environment Facing Burnout during the Covid-19 Pandemic?
Author(s) -
Abigail Mitchell
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of quality in health care and economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2642-6250
DOI - 10.23880/jqhe-16000244
Subject(s) - burnout , pandemic , covid-19 , stressor , acute care , nursing , medicine , psychology , medical emergency , health care , outbreak , virology , psychiatry , disease , political science , clinical psychology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , law
Burnout has been an important and frequently discussed topic in nursing research even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most notably, burnout has previously been identified as one of the major stressors that Registered Nurses have left the acute care field, and now, the COVID-19 pandemic is adding to the already stressful typical workday of an acute care registered nurse. A pilot study was completed on a COVID telemetry unit at a suburban hospital.