Relationships of work and practice environment to professional burnout: Testing a causal model

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The burnout syndrome, characterized by high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization along with low levels of personal accomplishment, are a pervasive source of distress for nurses. Magnet hospital research has demonstrated consistently that nurses who report their work environments to be supportive of professional practice have lower levels of burnout, greater job satisfaction, and lower turnover intentions.

Psychological aspects, Burn out (Psychology), Employee turnover, Labour turnover

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Measurement of nurse job satisfaction using the McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale

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A study is conducted to describe the psychometric properties of the McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale (MMSS) as used with a large sample of Canadian nurses working in Ontario acute care hospitals. The MMSS is an instrument commonly used in nursing research and in healthcare administrative practice to measure nurse job satisfaction.

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Nursing-sensitive outcomes data collection in acute care and long-term care settings

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A study was conducted to determine the reliability of the instruments measuring nursing-sensitive outcomes and to see whether the outcome measures are sensitive to changes in patients' health. The findings suggest that nurses are able to collect data on nursing-sensitive patient outcomes in a reliable and valid way.

United Kingdom, Patient outcomes, Self-care, Health, Self care (Health), Nursing care

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