Table 2.

Types of Interventions to address burnout among critical care nurses

	Goals	Interventions (single or multimodal)
Individual-directed	Practice self-care Practice mindfulness Choose positive	Stress reduction and relaxation training Time management Assertiveness training Work-life balance measures Self-care measures (yoga, exercise) Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy resilience intervention
Organization-directed	Reframe nurse burnout as a workplace and patient safety issues Resigning physical and psychological work environments Empower nurses to practice with autonomy (fullest extent of their scope of practice) Engage nurses in designing systems that support their optimal contribution Encouraging managers to support their employees	Promoting healthy work environments Primary nursing model Shared governance Violence prevention intervention Communication training Appropriate staffing Meaningful recognition Schedules
Society-directed	Standardize metrics of measuring burnout and tie improvement to financial incentives Streamline documentations and resources	Policy changes Funding for research