Journal of Radiology Nursing
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 146-149 , December 2011

Burnout and Its Impact on Good Work in Nursing

  • Joan F. Miller, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Joan F. Miller, Department of Nursing, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

References 

  1. Aiken LH, Clarke SP, Sloane DM, Sochalski J, Silber JH. Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;288:1987–1993
  2. Armstrong K, Laschinger H, Wong C. Workplace empowerment and magnet hospital characteristics as predictors of patient safety climate. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 2009;24:55–62
  3. Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing. (2009). Position statement: The registered nurse in the imaging setting. Retrieved from, http://www.arinursing.org.
  4. Barendsen L, Fischman W. The GoodWork Toolkit: From theory to practice. In:  Gardner H editors. Responsibility at work: How leading professionals act (or don’t act) responsibly. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2007;p. 311–331
  5. Beecroft PC, Dorey F, Wenten M. Turnover intention in new graduate nurses: A multivariate analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2007;62:41–52
  6. Boyle DK, Miller PA, Gajewski BJ, Hart SE, Duncan N. Unit type differences in RN workgroup job satisfaction. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2006;28:622–640
  7. Friese CR, Lake ET, Aiken LH, Silber JH, Sochalski J. Hospital nurse practice environment and outcomes for surgical oncology patients. HSR: Health Services Research. 2008;43:1145–1163
  8. Gardner H, Csikszentmihalyi M, Damon W. Good work: When excellence and ethics meet. New York: Basic Books; 2001;
  9. Gardner, H. (2010). GoodWork: Theory and practice. Retrieved from, http://www.goodworkproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/GoodWork-Theory_and_Practice.
  10. Gillespie M, Melby V. Burnout among nursing staff in accident and emergency and acute medicine: A comparative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2003;12:842–851
  11. GoodWork®Toolkit. (n.d.). Retrieved from, http://goodworktoolkit.org/.
  12. Gustafsson G, Eriksson S, Strandberg G, Norberg A. Burnout and perceptions of conscience among health care personnel: A pilot study. Nursing Ethics. 2010;17:23–38
  13. Kanai-Pak M, Aiken LH, Sloane DM, Poghosyan L. Poor work environments and nurse inexperience are associated with burnout, job dissatisfaction and quality deficits in Japanese hospitals. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2008;17:3324–3329
  14. Kramer M, Schmalenberg C, Maguire P. Essentials of a magnet work environment. Nursing. 2004;34:44–48
  15. Kwak C, Chung BY, Xu Y, Eun-Jung C. Relationship of job satisfaction with perceived organizational support and quality of care among South Korean nurses: A questionnaire survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2010;47:1292–1298
  16. Laschinger HK, Finegan J, Wilk P. New graduate burnout: The impact of professional practice environment, workplace civility, and empowerment. Nursing Economics. 2009;27:377–383
  17. Lavoie-Tremblay M, Wright D, Desforges N, Gelinas C, Marchionni C, Drevniok U. Creating a healthy workplace for new-generation nurses. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2008;40:290–297
  18. Leiter MP, Maslach C. Nurse turnover: The mediating role of burnout. Journal of Nursing Management. 2009;17:331–339
  19. Maslach C, Leiter MP. The truth about burnout: How organizations cause personal distress and what to do about it. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 1997;
  20. McKinley MG. Mentoring matters: Creating, connecting, empowering. AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute & Critical Care. 2004;15:205–214
  21. Miller JF. Opportunities and obstacles for good work in nursing. Nursing Ethics. 2006;13:471–487
  22. Ohnishi K, Ohgushi Y, Nakano M, Fujii H, Tanaka H, Kitaoka K, et al. Moral distress experienced bypsychiatric nurses in Japan. Nursing Ethics. 2010;17:726–740
  23. Richardson A, Storr J. Patient safety: A literature review on the impact of nursing empowerment, leadership, and collaboration. International Nursing Review. 2010;57:12–21
  24. Robinson E, Niemer L. A peer mentor tutor proram for academic success in nursing. Nursing Education Perspectives. 2010;31:286–289
  25. Shifflet VL, Moyer AR. Staff nurse to nurse leader: Steps for success. MEDSURG Nursing. 2010;19:252, 248 cont’d
  26. Suzuki E, Kanoya Y, Katsuki T, Sato C. Assertiveness affecting burnout of novice nurses at university hospitals. Japan Journal of Nursing Science. 2006;3:93–105
  27. Utriainen K, Kyngas H. Hospital nurses’ job satisfaction: A literature review. Journal of Nursing Management. 2009;17:1002–1010

 Grant support: None.

 Previous presentation: No previous presentation of manuscript contents.General topic presented at Hershey Medical Center Conference: Burnout: Obstacle or Opportunity for Good Work in Nursing.Making a difference: A Medical-Surgical Specialty Nursing Conference held on October 22, 2010.Holiday Inn Grantville-Hershey, PA.

PII: S1546-0843(11)00120-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jradnu.2011.07.004

Journal of Radiology Nursing
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 146-149 , December 2011