The nurse is to present a mini-class on burnout prevention strategies at a nursing team meeting. Which topics would be appropriate to include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Use sympathetic responses to patients.
b. Seek daily evaluation from other health care team members.
c. Practice time management.
d. Use humor to reduce tension.
e. Keep nursing skills current.
f. Maintain perspective about work.
ANS: C, D, E, F
Time management, humor, keeping current, and maintaining perspective are all good strategies for preventing burnout. Sympathetic responses to patients leave the nurse vulnerable to burnout. Seeking daily evaluation from other health care team members puts the nurse at the mercy of others who may not give a balanced evaluation. It is also excessive to think that other team members can provide a peer with daily evaluative feedback. Nurses should use objective self-evaluation.
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