Who cares for the carers? Development of an educational resource: identification, prevention and mitigation of burnout for psychiatric nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services

Hobbs-Regular, Chelsea (2024) Who cares for the carers? Development of an educational resource: identification, prevention and mitigation of burnout for psychiatric nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services. Practicum Report. Memorial University of Newfoundland. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Background: Psychiatric nurses are often exposed to critical and traumatic events, as well as workplace violence, which can lead to burnout. This can place a substantial burden on patients, nurses themselves, and therefore, the whole health care system. Few interventions and resources have been studied or are available in practice settings to assist nurses in identifying, preventing and mitigating burnout. Purpose: To develop an educational resource to assist psychiatric nurses in identifying, preventing and mitigating burnout. Methods: A comprehensive literature review, an environmental scan, and consultations were conducted to inform the development of an educational resource to assist psychiatric nurses in identifying, preventing and mitigating burnout. Results: The literature review revealed contributing factors to psychiatric nurse burnout and interventions to address psychiatric nurse burnout. The environmental scan yielded few useful resources, yet informed the inclusion of available content, while the consultations identified psychiatric nurses’ perceptions on burnout and informed the educational modality and content preferences. Conclusion: A pocketbook educational resource was developed for psychiatric nurses to aid in identifying, preventing and mitigating psychiatric nurse burnout. A plan to advertise the pocketbook resource at the Western Memorial Regional Hospital will be established.

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