This essay critically analyzes an article on burnout in nursing and its impact on compassionate patient care. It evaluates the research question, design, method, and findings, as well as discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the article.
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Running head: EVIDENCE BASED NURSING RESEARCH Evidence Based Nursing Research Name of the student: Name of the university: Author note:
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1EVIDENCE BASED NURSING RESEARCH Introduction: Burnout in nursing is defined as the mental, physical and the emotional exhaustion. It can lead to negative consequences in the compassionate patient care (Khamisa, et al., 2016). This essay aims to critically analyze the article based on burnout and their impact The article is critically analyzed based on the reliability, validity and findings. The research question, design and method has also been described. The strength and weakness of the article has also been evaluated. Critique: Burnout is considered as one of the barrier in providing effective patient care by the nurses. The research question formulated in the article is “Does self-compassion mitigate the relationship between burnout and barriers to compassion?”. Yes, in the article, the author has provided the reason to evaluate the importance of the research. It has been described in the article that burnout possess negative consequence in the nurses and also impair the ability to deliver effective and compassionate care (Dev, et al., 2018)Apart from its adverse consequences in the nursing field, not much research has been done. In the article has explained the background of the topic supported by the literature. The design method used in the article is the cross sectional and the observational design. The research method used is non-random convenience sampling(Dev, et al., 2018). Rigorous method of design is of two types: quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative research is defined as systematic investigation by using computational and statistical techniques, which can be verified by the experimental or observational means (Morse, 2016).Hence it can be stated that the research design and method is rigorous. The study is defined as valid it measures what is intended for. The main aim of the article is to evaluate the effectiveness of self-compassion to alleviate the barrier between the burnout in the nurses
2EVIDENCE BASED NURSING RESEARCH and the barriers to the compassionate patient care, which is compared in the article by using nurses as respondents. Hence the study is said to be valid. The reliability of the study is based on the consistency of the result (Heale & Twycross, 2015).The study is reliable as the result of the study has high internal reliability with respect to burnout and self-compassion. The findings of the study indicates that, higher the burnout, more the barriers will be in compassionate care. The findings has been evaluated in the discussion session. The article has not been concluded. Evaluation; The strength of the article is the research method that is sampling as it is convenient and provides detailed result. The weakness of the article is the is the measurement of self-compassion, as self- compassion cannot be measured without the self-report, apart from that the data obtained is not able to speak experimental and causality design (Dev, et al., 2018). The research article does not contain conclusion, however only the result is discussed. After analyzing the result it can be state that the author is able to evaluate the relationship between the burnout and the self-compassion, which is the main objective of the study. Hence it can be stated that the author has succeeded in the aim of the study. By evaluating the paper, it can be stated that in future research in the interference of burnout in nurses which requires professional support can be conducted (Dev, et al., 2018). Conclusion: From the critical analysis of the article it can be concluded that, the study is reliability and valid . the findings are evaluated. Along with that the strength such as the research design and weakness has been evaluated. The research design and methods are also evaluated along with the future implication and recommendation.
3EVIDENCE BASED NURSING RESEARCH References: Dev, V., Fernando III, A. T., Lim, A. G., & Consedine, N. S. (2018). Does self-compassion mitigate the relationship between burnout and barriers to compassion? A cross-sectional quantitative study of 799 nurses.International journal of nursing studies,81, 81-88. Heale, R., & Twycross, A. (2015). Validity and reliability in quantitative studies.Evidence- based nursing,18(3), 66-67. Khamisa, N., Peltzer, K., Ilic, D., & Oldenburg, B. (2016). Work related stress, burnout, job satisfactionandgeneralhealthofnurses:Afollow‐upstudy.Internationaljournalofnursing practice,22(6), 538-545. Morse, J. M. (2016).Mixed method design: Principles and procedures. Routledge.