Emotional exhaustion and defense mechanisms in intensive therapy unit nurses

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 330-336

  Regan, Anna ^a   Howard, Ruth A ^b   Oyebode, Jan R ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Defense mechanisms; Emotional exhaustion; Intensive therapy unit nurses; Psychoanalytic theory

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BURNOUT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOOD DISORDER; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; NURSES; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67649400792     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181a20807     Document Type: Article

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