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Background: Nursing burnout is a state of mental and physical exhaustion caused by excessive stress among nurses. Critical care nurses face challenges with direct patient care that contribute to emotional and psychological strain that are greatly influenced by workplace adversity and emotional management. Purpose: This research examines the prevalence of burnout among pediatric and adult intensive care unit (ICU) nurses, highlighting particularly high rates of burnout among those with extended years of service. Method: ICU nurses will participate in a qualitative interview that involves open ended questions relevant among burnout and resilience during shifts. Aspects specifically years of critical experience and gender will play a vital role with collecting the data. Managing exposure includes the methods of protecting, processing, decontaminating, and distancing in the work environment. Results/ Data Collection and Analysis: Differentiating the various levels of challenges pediatric ICU nurses face include emotional, physical and organizational stress. Addressing this issue and developing effective solutions requires identifying the underlying factors and examining how they influence the affected pediatric ICU nurses. The different levels of stress fall within the same spectrum, but all is determined by how the stress is managed. Conclusion: The use of appropriate interventions and screening tools to assess burnout over time can be used to combat contributing factors of emotional and physical stress and potentially decrease levels of burnout among critical care nurses. Understanding the underlying factors of stress as a hospital includes supportive environments and resources.
Department
Nursing
Faculty Mentor(s)
Kendra Hoepper, DNP, APRN, PNP-C
Publication Date
Winter 12-1-2025
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
Dominican University of California
City
San Rafael
Keywords
burnout, ICU, nursing, critical, prevention
Disciplines
Critical Care Nursing | Nursing | Pediatric Nursing