“…Regardless of nurses' coping strategies, the intensity of caregiving needed to provide for the needs of PWAs has been linked to work overload, anxiety, and burnout in several studies (Bellani et al, 1996;Bennett, 1992;Bennett, Kelaher, & Ross, 1994;Kalichman et al, 2000). Working with PWAs contributes to psychological stress (Visintini et al, 1996) and caregiving to PWAs has been a predictor of burnout (Kalichman et al, 2000;Visintini et al, 1996).…”