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Prevent losses by preventing burnout

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, June 28, 2007

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Burnout is more than a bad day (or several days) at the office. It is a serious syndrome that can manifest itself through impaired job performance and poor health, including headaches, sleep disturbances, irritability, marital dysfunction, fatigue, hypertension, anxiety, depression, and heart attack. Burnout may also lead to alcoholism, drug addiction, or even suicide. But you can help your medical staff by acknowledging the risk of burnout and helping them take steps to prevent it.

Burnout is described as a grieving process in which staff members typically experience a "death" of expectations. Such losses can include:

• A lack of expected autonomy
• Respect as a professional
• Appreciation from patients or colleagues
• A satisfying personal life

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