Keidel Gladys Catkins
Hospice of the Panhandle, Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2002 May-Jun;19(3):200-5. doi: 10.1177/104990910201900312.
Burnout is a word currently used in discussions about the present nursing shortage. Hospice staff, because of their work with the terminally ill, are considered a high-risk group for burnout. Too frequently, the reason behind the decision to leave or take a sabbatical from hospice work is that the staff member reached the limits of his or her capacity to care and "couldn't take it any more." It is, therefore, important to discuss the concept of burnout and how it can affect hospice staff as well as the primary caregivers for hospice patients to ascertain the reasons behind it and take steps to lessen caregiver stress.
职业倦怠是目前在关于当前护理人员短缺的讨论中使用的一个词。临终关怀工作人员由于其与绝症患者的工作，被认为是职业倦怠的高危群体。经常出现的情况是，决定离开临终关怀工作或休假的背后原因是工作人员达到了其护理能力的极限，“再也承受不了了”。因此，讨论职业倦怠的概念以及它如何影响临终关怀工作人员以及临终关怀患者的主要护理人员，以确定其背后的原因并采取措施减轻护理人员的压力是很重要的。
