Question

Explain the impact of nurse workload and staffing on nurse stress and burnout and on the quality of patient care.

Answer 1

Ans) Stress and burnout are concepts that have sustained the interest of nurses and researchers for several decades.

- These concepts are highly relevant to the workforce in general and nursing in particular.

- Despite this interest and relevance, the effects of stress and burnout on patient outcomes, patient safety, and quality care are not well defined by evidence.

- In fact, the link between stress and burnout to patient outcomes has been explored. There is a great need for comprehensive studies that will examine these dynamics in a way that will yield more solid evidence on which to base practice.