Bunout research summary

Researchers recognize that burnout is common among nurses. Stress has been noted to be an occupational hazard for many years. Recently there are nursing shortages increasing the staff to patient ratios which also exacerbates the situation. Nursing professionals face extraordinary stresses in our present medical environment (Cohen-Katz, Wiley, Capuano, Baker, Shapiro, 2005). Bringing awareness to nurses’ occupational stressors can help motivate managerial staff to help find ways to facilitate the changes necessary to promote a more conducive work environment. A qualitative method was used to recognize the causes and solution to decrease occupational stressors. This paper will include the background, methods, results, and ethical considerations of the study. Background of study
Nurses commonly experience high levels of stress, which contributes to burnout. This causes negative impacts on the physical and psychological health of nurses. This also can cause nurses to function inadequately. There by causing a decreasing patient satisfaction. There is not much research on reducing occupational stress. The purpose of this research study was to identify and see the impact that mindfulness based stress reduction programs have on nurse stress and burnout. An initial step towards reducing occupational stress is to understand the stressors present in health-care environments and ways in which they may be reduced (Happell, Dwyer, Reid-Searl, Burke, Caperchione, Gaskin, 2013). Methods of study
This research was conducted using a qualitative exploratory method because it was a smaller group. The research was conducted using six focus groups that consisted of 38 registered nurses. They worked at different level in the nursing hierarchy, from staff nurse to nursing director. The participants involved were asked to identify the sources that caused them