The relationship between UK hospital nurse staffing and emotional exhaustion and job dissatisfaction
Journal of Nursing ManagementPublished 22 December 2004
Louisa Sheward, Jennifer Hunt, Suzanne Hagen, Margaret MacLeod, Jane Ball
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Significant relationships were found using the combined English and Scottish data between nurse patient ratios and (1) emotional exhaustion and (2) dissatisfaction with current job reported by nurses.
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Increasing numbers of patients to nurses was associated with increasing risk of emotional exhaustion and dissatisfaction with current job.
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