Annotated Bibliography

Maslach, C. (1982). Burnout-the cost of caring. (pp. 1-155). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:

            Prentice-Hall, Inc…

                        Christina Maslach’s book, Burnout-The Cost Of Caring is important to many people in the    medical field. There are several chapters within the book, all deal with several different problems that nurses can face and how they can overcome them. The main issue that nurses face is called the “burnout syndrome.” This means that health care professionals become drained and exhausted from the work they perform each day. This is specifically true with Oncologists. Oncologists specialize in the study of cancer. These nurses may get attached to their patient and have to watch them go downhill due to their illness. This book was extremely helpful with writing the paper. It lead me step by step with each chapter. Each chapter gave me a lot of    information on the topic that I needed. 

Lavrova, K., & Levin, A. (2006). Handbook for workers of harm reduction programs. In Burnout Syndrome: Prevention and Management (pp. 1-57). Retrieved from http://www.harm-reduction.org/ru/images/stories/library/burnout_syndrome_06_en.pdf

                       Two authors, Lavrova and Levin, both worked together with several other authors in order to come up with a handbook titled, Burnout Syndrome: Prevention and Management. This handbook was able to inform several students who are going into the nursing field. It gave an in depth definition of the burnout syndrome along with reasons to why it comes up, symptoms, and ways of prevention. The Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network (CEEHRN) worked with the International Harm Reduction Development Program (IHRD) in order to conduct a grant program. It was aimed to explore and create activities for employees in the health care field. I did find this handbook very beneficial. I found it helpful because it gave so many definitions to many of the questions that came up while writing my paper.

Whippen, D. A., & Canellos, G. P. (1991). Burnout syndrome in the practice of oncology: results of a random survey of 1,000 oncologists. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 9(10), 1916-1920. Retrieved from http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/9/10/1916.short
                       D A Whippen and G P Canellos teamed together in writing, Burnout Syndrome in the practice of oncology: results of a random survey 1,000 oncologists. This article provided a questionnaire. Five hundred ninety-eight people completed the survey that asked about whether or not they experienced the burnout syndrome. I was able to use this information in my research paper which made it beneficial. Surveys and questionnaires only improve the paper.

Williams, M. (2007, April). Follow these tips to prevent professional burnout. ONS Connect, 1-26. Retrieved from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Follow these tips to prevent professional burnout.-a0187772806
                      The article, Follow these tips to prevent professional burnout, was written by Marcella Williams. Williams was able to provide me, along with people in the health care field, information on how spring brings daylight hours and the relationship between that and stress for nurses. Even though spring is a time for cheer and happiness it doesn't let stress leave the hospital environment. Then it listed several tips for oncologists. This was a helpful article for me because I plan on going into the oncology department because of my mom. It helped me get a heads up as to what could possibly come in my future.

Komatsu, H. & Yagasaki, K. (2011, November 08). Preconditions of successful guideline implementation: perceptions of oncology nurses. BMC Nursing, 1-23. Retrieved from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6955/10/23
                     Komatsu and Yagasaki wrote about the Grounded theory and Symbolic interactionism theory. They wrote the article, Preconditions for successful guideline implementation: perceptions of oncology nurses. The Symbolic interactionism theory assumes that people create meaning by socially interacting. Grounded theory describes terms of phenomenons. By this I mean you collect data on the behavior of oncology nurses through interviews, and certain goals. This was a helpful article because it provided a couple theories that were able to go into my paper.

Stott, N. (2011, June 22). Improving care planning in oncology nursing practice. Nursing Standard, 25(42), 1-33. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21826869

                   Improving care planning in oncology nursing practice, was written by Natalie Scott. This article described a 27 bed oncology unit in Scotland. It evaluated the units care plans and identified where improvements could be made. This could be useful to bosses and managers who work in hospitals to see if there are any implementations that could be incorporated into their working environment. This was another article that was helpful because it listed out ways to improve the health care setting. 

N/A. (2011). Junior doctors: burnout and skills retention.South African Medical Journal , 101(2), 1-84. Retrieved from http://www.biomedsearch.com/article/Junior-doctors-burnout-skills-retention/262037415.html

                     In the South African Medical Journal there was an article titled, Junior doctor: burnout and skills retention. This article was based on the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and whether or not nurses experience burnout there. There was a significantly high level of emotional exhaustion. Depersonalisation is related to reduced personal experience. This article was extremely helpful. It gave one example of burnout and several factors that lead into that. It made it very easy to relate with. This article would be helpful for really anymore, particularly those going into the medical field.  

Lewis, M. (2009). Meditation, sharing help prevent burnout.Medical Economics, 86(20), 1-12. Retrieved from http://www.mastermeditation.com/meditation/meditation-and-how-to-avoid-burn-out/

                    Morgan Lewis, Jr wrote, Meditation, sharing help prevent burnout. If someone experiences burnout this article gave several ways in order to overcome it. Seventy physicians in Rochester, NY participated in a year long study. The study consisted of eight weekly 150 minute sessions and 10 monthly 150 minute sessions. There they were able to express emotions and talk about ways of prevention. This would be helpful to nurses who are already experiencing the burnout syndrome. I don't think these sessions would be that beneficial to those who haven't experience burnout yet. However, this article was helpful for me. It showed a real life example of a way to cope.

Hochberg, K. (2008). Consider these remedies for mastering meeting burnout. ONS Connect, 23(4), 1-18. Retrieved from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Consider these remedies for mastering meeting burnout.-a0187772829

                     Consider these remedies for mastering meeting burnout, written by Karen Hochberg described ways to avoid experiencing the burnout syndrome. Nurses can experience burnout in so many different settings. All nurses must go through what seems to be an endless line of meetings which can cause burnout. Meeting burnout can be dealt with by identifying the purpose, adjusting attitude, listening, taking notes, and to learn by watching. Each of those point is explained in more detail. This paper was helpful because of the list it provided with coping. I was able to incorporate part of this article into my paper. 

Fearon, C., & Nicol, M. (2011). Strategies to assist prevention of burnout in nursing staff. Nursing Standard, 26(14), 1-35. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22259967

                     Strategies to assist prevention of burnout in nursing staff, written by Fearon and Nicol talks about how burnout was first recognised. It is a psychological concept that was introduced in the 1970's. It lists out three characteristics: emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and a reduction in perceived personal accomplishment. Definitions were given to each of those three characteristics. This article was extremely helpful. It was helpful because it talked about where the burnout syndrome originated and gave several definitions of several terms.