Burnout and job satisfaction of nursing staff in a South African acute mental health setting.

Anthea Payne Liezl Koen Daniel J H Niehaus Inge-Marli Smit

Published in: The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa (2020)

If mental health service delivery is to be optimised, supportive or preventative processes should be implemented to reduce the prevalence of burnout in psychiatric nurses. This study adds to the scarce local knowledge and provides information that can be used to inform the development of supportive strategies for psychiatric nursing staff in South Africa.

Keyphrases

mental health
south africa
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