A study this summer regarding on the job burnout among nurses received national attention in both the mainstream media and scientific publications. PHC4 data played a crucial role in the study. Click here just to read a few of the many stories.

Penn study examines link between nurse burnout, care (Philadelphia Inquirer 7/30/12)

For years, as hospitals cut costs to survive ever-increasing financial pressures, nurses argued that inadequate staffing harms patients…

Nurse staffing, burnout linked to hospital infections (Science Blog 7/30/12)

Nurse burnout leads to higher healthcare-associated infection rates (HAIs) and costs hospitals millions of additional dollars annually, according to a study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control…

Burned-out nurses linked to more infections in patients (NBC News 7/30/12)

Heavy patient loads and chronic burnout have long been among the top complaints of nurses at the nation’s hospital bedsides. But a new study shows that those problems affect not only the nurses themselves, but also the number of infections in the people they care for…