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The extreme point of stress can lead to individual burnout. In simple words, the burnout
is the emotional disengagement and exhaustion. There are many nurses along with the nursing
students who experience the feeling of the burnout due to the cause of intensity in the work and
the rigor. The nurses usually are found to be dedicating their lives in helping other people. This
can leave impact on the personal along with the professional level. The burnouts can
professionally hinder the performance of the job, change the way nurses view the role and leave
the patients too in danger (Zarei et al., 2016).The burnout destroys the relationships, the
demeanor and the quality of the life. It is considered as one of the most forward dimensions of
the distress which goes beyond the feeling of tiredness and experiences of a bad day while
working. It is further defined to be the mental, the emotional and the physical exhaustion that is
caused by the prolonged and excessive stress.
It leaves impact on the personal lives of the nurses, the patients who are taken care of
along with the organizations that have labeled recently the burnout being one medical diagnosis
(Lee et al., 2016). The nurses in the healthcare organizations face many challenges. Notably,
technology further continues to be changing fast and there is a requirement of the cultural
sensitivity that will expand for sure and the work pressure will keep going while staying,
attentive, sharp and depending on the skills being a part of the profession. In this essay one
professional nursing issue will be selected that is the issue of nursing burnout and then focus on
issue discussing some solutions to the issue as the implementation of the new policies at the
hospitals or at the levels of state governments.
Reasons behind nursing burnout

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There are many reasons behind the burnouts of the nurses such as the long work hours,
the greater workloads, the poor work environment and others. The stress has been considered to
be one antecedent or the consequence or the response and the interaction. It is further studied that
a psychological assessment which supports the consideration of the connection between illness
and the stress (Nantsupawat et al., 2017). There is a proven relationship between the illness and
the stress. It is advocated by some scholars that stress establishes a specific connection between
the environment and the people who are working.. Also the traits of the personality leave impact
on the equation of stress due to the fact that one person is over tasked which can be exhilarating
to another person. Stress also has been considered to be one occupational hazard from the
beginning of 1950s and occupational stress is one significant health issue also (White, Aiken &
McHugh, 2019). In the field of nursing, the work stress was first identified in the 1960 when the
sources of anxiety of nurses such as decision making, patient care, responsibility taking and
change were identified. The role of the nurse is stress occupied, founded on the human suffering
and physical labour, the interpersonal relationship, the work hours which are core of the
activities of the nurses.
The responsibilities of the workers have been described to be of chronic stress which is
common in the professions consisting of many interactions with many people. Therefore,
Burnout is conceptualized as being one syndrome that is featured by the exhaustion of the
emotional state, the reduced accomplishment of an individual, depersonalization and others.
There are some other reasons for not seeing Burnout, as condition the influence of the leader and
also the demographic traits. As per one report of the World Health Organisation in the year 2006,
the issue of the shortage in Healthcare provider has been pointed out where the shortage of the
nurses is one significant issue which can leave impact on the entire international efforts in terms

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of enhancing the well-being of global population (Poghosyan, 2018). For example, the
profession of nursing in Jordan and in many countries is going through a hike in the annual
turnover rates being the reason of labour migration where lesser number of females are selecting
nursing to be a suitable career. The unattractive working conditions have also initiated the
shortage of experienced and skilled nurses in the global context. Also, the organizational features
and behaviours of leaders that are supposed to empowering nurses in the workforce have also
found lacking proper operational maintenance.
The structural empowerment has been one significant issue for the job satisfaction of the
nurses along with the patient care standard which is mediated by the environment of professional
practice. Additionally, the psychological empowerment and the structural empowerment have
done good in terms of reducing the burnout rates and increasing the intention of staying (Lee et
al., 2016). The empowerment of the leadership style also can reduce the depressed feelings of the
nurses, the exertion and depersonalization through delivering good leadership in the organisation
and establishing trust. Hence, leadership is one key factor in terms of empowering the nurses and
keeping them motivated in a positive work culture. Undoubtedly, the burnout is one expensive
issue for the employees and organisation due to the fact that it manifest burn out consisting of
Insomnia, psychological energy loss and depression leading to hike in the absenteeism of staff
and their turnover (Nantsupawat et al., 2017). It can be leading consequently to reduction in the
quality of the care. Apart from the leadership and stress, the long work hours also create stress
and feeling of anxiety among the nurses and lead to burnout.
It is indicated by some study that working for 12 hours a shift is quite harmful for the
nurses and the patients to. In a study it is found that almost 60000 nurses from 6 countries
particularly working for or more than 12 hours have left influence on the patient care and it is