• Lesly Kelly and Michael Todd.
• Lesly Kelly is Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, 500 North 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004 (lesly.kelly@asu.edu). Michael Todd is Research Professor, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona.
• AACN Adv Crit Care. 2017 Jan 1; 28 (4): 351-358.

BackgroundBurnout is a concern for critical care nurses in high-intensity environments. Studies have highlighted the importance of a healthy work environment in promoting optimal nurse and patient outcomes, but research examining the relationship between a healthy work environment and burnout is limited.ObjectiveTo examine how healthy work environment components relate to compassion fatigue (eg, burnout, secondary trauma) and compassion satisfaction.MethodsNurses (n = 105) in 3 intensive care units at an academic medical center completed a survey including the Professional Quality of Life and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' Healthy Work Environment standards.ResultsRegression models using each Healthy Work Environment component to predict each outcome, adjusting for background variables, showed that the 5 Healthy Work Environment components predicted burnout and that meaningful recognition and authentic leadership predicted compassion satisfaction.ConclusionsFindings on associations between healthy work environment standards and burnout suggest the potential importance of implementing the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' Healthy Work Environment standards as a mechanism for decreasing burnout.©2017 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

23 keywords...

hide…