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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 39-47Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0979.2003.00267.x
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burnout; forensic; job satisfaction; mainstream; mental health nursing; psychiatric nursing
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Within the nursing profession stress and burnout are considered to be widely present and problematic. These factors tend to impact negatively on job satisfaction and ultimately affect the retention of nurses. Psychiatric/mental health nursing as a specialty is considered to be a highly stressful environment; however, there is a paucity of research in this area. The current study adopted a survey design to compare forensic psychiatric nurses (n = 51) with psychiatric nurses from a mainstreamed mental health service (n = 78) in relation to burnout and job satisfaction. Forensic nurses displayed lower burnout and higher job satisfaction than their counterparts from the mainstreamed services. These findings are surprising in light of the image of forensic psychiatric nursing as dangerous and unpredictable.
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