Comparative Study of Job Burnout Among Critical Care Nurses With Fixed and Rotating Shift Schedules

摘要

Background:Nurses, as health care providers, are insurmountably obliged to the practice of shift work. Literature has reported shift working as one of the inducing factors of burnout. Despite numerous studies in this area, there are inconsistencies on the relationship between shift working and burnout among nurses, especially in those who work in critical care settings.