Opinion Editorial Common Good of Society

Question: Discuss about theOpinion Editorialfor Common Good of Society. Answer: Effect of Nursing Burnout on Common Good of Society Being a registered nurse, I have to explore my skills and competences. In this context, I have experienced a number of issues, while attaining the clinical practices and dealing with critical patients. In this context, the key issue, which I have experienced, is nursing burnout for long working hours. We have to work continuously for 10-12 hours a day, with minimum time for rest. Moreover, it is also difficult to deal with severe patients in this hectic schedule. Several times, I have to work back-to-back or extended shifts, which increases my health risk. My inability to serve my patients in proper and efficient way is affecting the common good of the society, by contributing in an unhealthy community and reduces the service quality of the organization. Enhanced stress and burnout promote high nurse turnover and nursing shortage. However, the common good can be better served through the collaboration of staffs and organization, to reduce work pressure upon nurses. Moreover, nurses s hould also collaborate with organizational procedures to prioritize their tasks. According to ANA, 1 in 3 nurses report inadequate staffing level. UK safety representatives identified that among the workplace hazards, stress is the biggest threat (70%) (Parahoo, 2014). I have reviewed a study published in Health Affairs in 2012, where it has been argued that longer the hospital shifts for nurses, the higher the levels of burnout and patient dissatisfaction. I have reviewed a 2014 study in the American Journal of Critical Care, where I found that nurses impaired by fatigue, loss of sleep, inability to recover between shifts, daytime sleepiness are more common in nurses undergoing longer working hours. In addition, negative cognitive emotion, loss of judgment ability, depression or uncooperative behaviour is evident in these conditions. Being a responsible professional, I have attempted to cope with my difficulties, as these issues were hampering my professional experience and patients outcomes. The nine principles of human flourishing depicted the important aspects for well being of local and global community (Butts Rich, 2012). The initial step towards my professional responsibility started with improving my relationships at work and home. For this, I have started to improve my communication skills. More I interacted with other staffs, it helped me to reposition my views towards others and enhance my self-control skills. The next step in this process was to adopt stress management and time-management skills. I started to maintain my daily work schedule. According to daily schedule, I developed a time schedule for my daily works and arranged tasks according to priorities. This procedure helped me to save time from my working schedule, when I can take rest to make myself ready for the next scheduled task. This proc edure helped me to meet the principle promotion of peace, by enhancing my mental satisfaction and to conduct my duty of care properly, so I can pay attention to the patients satisfaction, ensuring their peace. Moreover, I have started to meditate and undergo stress-relief exercise for reducing stress and related burnout symptoms. I have also undergone music therapy for reducing my stress level. It helped me to manage my anger, confusion, anxiety and inappropriate behavioural outcomes. According to the principle of Common good and community, Sacrificing self-interest to provide for the basic human needs of everyone makes the whole community flourish (Parahoo, 2014). I have not served for the common good of the community due to my unbalanced personal and professional life; however, through implementing the above practices, I would be able to better serve in the common good of my community. It is important to complete duty of care with ethical and professional compliance by a nurse. Non-compliance can result in failure to achieve expected goals, which can also contribute in enhancing burnout. A positive relationship with patient enhanced my self-esteem and increased quality of my performance. According to the universal purpose of goods The earths resources serve every persons needs regardless of who owns them (Richards, 2013). The stress management skills helped me to improve my cooperative skills, while working in the multidisciplinary team, by reducing the rate of errors. Therefore, the nursing issue long working hours and burnout can be managed, if handled carefully and strategically. However, the most important point is the willingness of being competent in own roles and responsibility. It is more important in the case of a nurse, as the professional liabilities are associated with the common goods of people, in both health and well being domains. Reference List Butts, J. B., Rich, K. L. (2012).Nursing ethics. Jones Bartlett Publishers. Parahoo, K. (2014). Nursing research: principles, process and issues. Palgrave Macmillan. Richards, J. (2013). What Principles Are Important for Human Flourishing?. Institute For Faith, Work Economics. Retrieved 25 January 2017, from https://tifwe.org/principles-important-for-flourishing/