Nursing Burnout: Concept Analysis

Nursing Burnout: Concept Analysis Nurses carry a heavy burden of caring for others causing burnout quickly. Healthcare has one of the highest instances of burnout and nurses are at the forefront of this (Gómez-Urquiza, De la Fuente-Solana & Albendín-García, 2017). In the field of nursing, a concept analysis provides a way to test nursing theory and develop new theories based on concepts and phenomenon that are seen in practice. Burnout is one of the unexplained phenomena. With such a high prevalence of nurses becoming emotionally exhausted in their jobs causing high job turnover it is important to explore a concept analysis on nursing burnout. For the purpose of this paper, the concept of burnout will be reviewed using Orem’s theory of self-care. This paper will define and explain the nursing concept of burnout, provide a literature review, review antecedents and consequences, empirical referents, construct cases, theoretical application and conclusion. Definition and Explanation of nursing concept Burnout is defined as exhaustion or cessation of operation (Burnout, n.d.). This concept is thought to be more prevalent in healthcare professionals because of the type of high-stress jobs performed and the environment they work in (Manzano-García, & Ayala, 2017). In healthcare, nurses take on the responsibility of caring for sick and dying patients and at many times invest much of their physical and emotional strength into the care that is given, thus leading to burnout. Nursing burnout has been known as many other terms such as burnout syndrome, chronic stress, and compassion fatigue all of which are a result of a personal phenomenon where a nurse is no longer able to operate the duties given (Filgueira Martins Rodrigues, Pereira Santos & Sousa, 2017). Burnout can affect anyone not just nurses, but any worker in a high-stress environment (Salvagioni et al., 2017). Burnout is an effect of the lack of personal accomplishments and job