A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that “each year, approximately 1.7 million hospitalized patients contract infections while being treated for other conditions medical, and more than 98,000 of these patients die due to the acquired infection” (Cimiotti et al., 2012, p. 486). It has been suggested that nurse burnout is linked to suboptimal patient care and patient dissatisfaction. Furthermore, the study shows that if the percentage of nurses with high burnout could be reduced to 10% from an average of 30%, approximately five thousand infections could be prevented (Cimiotti et al., 2012). In summary, increasing nurse staffing and reducing burnout in nurses represent a promising strategy to help control urinary and surgical infections in intensive care settings (Cimiotti et al..,