Potential Hazard
All hospital employees, especially emergency department employees, are exposed to many stressors at work that can cause workplace stress and burnout. Many factors, such as shift work, long hours, fatigue, and intense emotional situations (e.g., the suffering and death of patients), contribute to the stressors.
All hospital employees are exposed to many stressors at work that can cause workplace stress and burnout.
Stressors in the healthcare setting include the following:
- inadequate staffing levels
- long work hours
- shift work (work schedule that is performed in rotations)
- role ambiguity
- exposure to infectious and hazardous substances
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2-2. Stressors in the healthcare setting include which of the following?
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