Brazel, Danielle (2016) Impact of occupational stressors on burnout and stress for Australian nurses and paramedics. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
An increase in the amount of work-related stress claims by emergency service professionals over the past ten years, suggests that these professionals are becoming more affected by their work. The literature suggests that the work environment causes this stress to be experienced by these professionals and that it can also cause burnout. Currently, there is a lack of research identifying which aspects of the work environment (i.e. operational or organisational) causes stress and burnout to be experienced by Australian nurses and paramedics. The aims of this study were firstly to determine whether nurses and paramedics were experiencing operational and organisational stressors, stress, and burnout, and secondly to examine whether these factors differed between the professions, and thirdly to determine whether operational and organisational stressors predicted stress and burnout, and whether this differed between nurses and paramedics. These variables were measured via an online self-report survey which was completed by 132 Australian nurses and paramedics. The study found that paramedics experienced high levels of operational and organisational stressors, stress, and burnout, which was higher than the levels experienced by nurses. The study also found that operational stressors predicted stress and burnout, whilst organisational stressors only predicted stress and not burnout, and this did not differ between the professions. This suggests that there is scope for both prevention and intervention programs to be implemented to help manage and reduce the stress and burnout experienced by nurses and paramedics.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Sonja March |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Aug 2025 01:19 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Aug 2025 01:19 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | operational and organisational stressors ; stress ; burnout |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52175 |
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