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SIU researchers study ways to prevent nurses’ burnout

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issued the following announcement on June 24

A cross-disciplinary group of researchers from Southern Illinois University Carbondale set out to examine what takes the joy out of the workplace for nurses and how to keep that from happening.

About the time the research survey for “Emotional Exhaustion as a Predictor for Burnout among Nurses” hit the inboxes of registered nurses across the nation, the COVID-19 pandemic struck, adding another layer of challenges for health care workers and another element to the research as well.

As the SIU team analyzed the survey results, they determined implementing a few relatively simple techniques can reduce or eliminate burnout, according to Sandra Collins, professor and program director of health care management.

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