Nurses may experience burnout due to a variety of causes. Some of the most common reasons for nurse burnout include long work hours, sleep deprivation, a high-stress work environment, lack of support, and emotional strain from patient care.

What are signs of nurse burnout?

• Always feeling tired or fatigued.
• Dreading going to work.
• Emotional and physical exhaustion.
• Feeling apathetic about helping others.
• Constant dread or panic about work.
• Loss of appetite.
• Loss of sleep.
• Increased anxiety and depression.

What causes burnout in healthcare?

Short visits, complicated patients, lack of control, electronic health record stress, and poor work-home balance can lead to physicians leaving practices they once loved, poor patient outcomes, and shortages in primary care physicians.