Professional Life and Stress Essay

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For some, working in one place for too long can be boring, and burnout is a sign that they should move on to other things. For others, job burnout occurs because of the demands and stress of a certain job. For instance, the comments in this discussion suggest that nurses may feel burnout faster than those in other professions because their jobs often demand more of them. Nurses have to be on their feet for much of their shifts, meaning that the sheer physical exhaustion of nursing is immense. In addition, nurses must often deal with unpleasant circumstances such as complaining patients, human waste, and death and sickness. The emotional toll of such work may begin to push nurses toward burnout, as might the fact that nurses must often work with a sense of urgency, increasing the pressure, and therefore stress on them. For some nurses, this process becomes so frustrating and stressful that they do not want to go back to work the next day.

Although the nursing profession may be one in which burnout is likely to occur because of the factors listed above, burnout can occur in any job. For instance, those who sit at a desk all day can be numbed by the inactivity, and those who must type or write can become physically warn down by staring at the computer.
For some, burnout is a temporary condition that can be cured after a short vacation. For others, burnout means it is time for a job change. This does not necessarily have to be negative, however, as some can see these changes as a way to keep energetic professionals in the field and constantly receive input from different people as employees quit and new hires take….....

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