Physician and nurse well-being and preferred interventions to address burnout in hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety.

Linda H Aiken; Karen B Lasater; Douglas M Sloane; Colleen A Pogue; Kathleen E Fitzpatrick Rosenbaum; K. Jane Muir; Matthew D McHugh; Meagan Cleary; Cathaleen Ley; Carla J Borchardt; Jeannine M Brant; Barbra L Turner; Alyssa E Leimberger; Kristin Kozlowski; Bernice L Coleman; Nancy M Albert; Caroline Stewart; Dinah Steele; Roberta Kaplow; Kathleen Kaminsky; Heidi A Hinkle; Rocel D Besa; Kathleen P Taylor; Kimberly Dimino; Cecelia Cetnar; LS Leach; Sandra L Albritton; Carolyn L Davidson; Timothy Carrigan; Debra A Burke; Kristin R Anthony; Mildred O Kowalski; Martha Rounds; Jennifer M Tudor; Leigh Griffis; Linda M Vassallo; Marie Mulligan; Irene Macyk; Catherine Manley-Cullen; Sandra L Hutchinson; Amanda E Haberman; Amy L Barnard; Barbara H Gobel; Diana L McMahon; Megan J Brown; Lisa Strack; Sheryl A Emmerling; Angela R Coladonato; Jessie A Reich; Justin J Gavaghan; James R Ballinghoff; Florence D Vanek; Karyn A Book; Kathy Easter; Pamela Duchene; Mary E Lough; Christine L Benson; Maria Ducharme; Paul Quinn; Donna M Molyneaux; Lori Kennedy; Elizabeth Ellen Nyheim; Donna M Grochow; Shannon M Purcell; Kirsten Hanrahan; Kathy B Isaacs; Jill J Whade

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Physician and nurse well-being and preferred interventions to address burnout in hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety.

July 19, 2023

Aiken LH, Lasater KB, Sloane DM, et al. JAMA Health Forum. 2023;4(7):e231809.

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While the association between clinician burnout and patient safety are not new, the COVID-19 pandemic brought this safety concern back to the forefront. In this study conducted at 60 US Magnet hospitals, nurses and physicians reported high levels of burnout and rated their hospital unfavorably on patient safety. Increased nurse staffing was the top recommendation to reduce burnout with less emphasis on wellness and resilience programs.

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