Study details ways to prevent nurse burnout

Enhancing and promoting personal accomplishments; cultivating a sense of control, fairness and community; and developing nurses as life-long learners are effective strategies for preventing emotional exhaustion and burnout, according to researchers at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. “Building health care culture surrounding employee wellness is an important facet in retention,” said Kelli Whittington, PhD, RN, director of SIU’s nursing program and lead of the research team. “Assisting nurse managers in identifying the signs of emotional exhaustion and understanding their role in minimizing these effects can constructively impact the development of that positive, nurturing culture in a way that benefits the nurse employee, and by extension, the patient for whom they provide care.” (SIU News article, 6/24/21)