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Nurse Fatigue

April 12, 2021

Abstract

Nurse Fatigue

Nurse fatigue is a daunting problem that has been widely regarded as a threat to both nurse and patient health. Nurse exhaustion is described as an emotional feeling, mental or genuinely feeling drained or exhausted due to nursing demands ("Fighting the Effects of Nurse Fatigue," 2017). Nurse exhaustion is common due to high-strength responsibilities, a lack of sleep, and long work hours (Steege & Rainbow, 2017). Institutions are abstracts, and their efficacy and success depend on the persons entrusted with the responsibility of seeing the provision of services in such institutions; the healthcare system is not an exception to this deposition. Nurses are often exposed to extreme sadness and misfortune, which has been linked to the development of burnout fatigue. Sympathy exhaustion refers to a lack of business-related satisfaction, but it may also refer to situations where the job brings more pain than happiness. The risk of empathy exhaustion varies from one nurse to the next, depending on their level of involvement and their role, with those dealing with more mature adults being at higher risk. Kolthoff & Hickman (2017) found that average levels of burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction were recorded by forty two nurses working on a geriatric medicine unit in an exploratory, descriptive study on compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and burnout. Nurse fatigue affects the nurses' ability to deliver and reduces the quality of service issued to the patients, thus affecting the health outcome, and the new nurses who still have less experience are the most affected. There is a need for deliberative administrative and personal efforts to reduce nurse fatigue. These efforts by the nurses include having a sufficient sleep and on the side of the administration checking on the working hours of every nurse.

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References

Fighting the effects of nurse fatigue. (2017, May 19). American Nurse. https://www.myamericannurse.com/fighting-effects-nurse-fatigue/

Kolthoff, K. L., & Hickman, S. E. (2017). Compassion fatigue among nurses working with older adults. Geriatric Nursing (New York, N.Y.), 38(2), 106–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.08.003

Steege, L. M., & Rainbow, J. G. (2017). Fatigue in hospital nurses - "Supernurse" culture is a barrier to addressing problems: A qualitative interview study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 67, 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.11.014

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