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Fatigue and Burnout in Nursing

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences & Services".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 9921

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Robert Ślusarz

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Department of Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, 85-821 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Interests: nursing education and research; neuroscience; neurological and neurosurgical nursing; professional development; burnout
Dr. Klaudia Cwiekala-Lewis

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School of Nursing & Health Professions, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA 17403-3651, USA
Interests: public health; nursing education and research; leadership and management; critical care; neuroscience
Dr. Mariusz Wysokiński

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Department of Basic Nursing, Chair of Development in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University, 20-081 Lublin, Poland
Interests: nursing education and research; geriatric nursing; professional development; burnout; quality of life

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Burnout is a triad of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a reduced sense of work-related personal achievement [1]. The literature shows that more than half of all nurses report experiencing burnout [2,3]. Moreover, compared to other professional groups and the general population, healthcare professionals show significantly higher rates of burnout and depression, due to long working hours, lack of sleep, the high-stress environment, lack of support, emotional strain from patient care, etc. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the feelings of fatigue and burnout in the health care community. All of these factors will increases the likelihood of nurses leaving the job and cause a shortage of health care providers, which is a major concern worldwide. Thus, it is important to assess fatigue and burnout levels in nursing.

This Special Issue seeks research papers on various aspects of fatigue and burnout in nursing. Potential topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • The risks and causes of fatigue and burnout in nursing;
  • The consequences of fatigue and burnout in nursing;
  • How we can prevent fatigue and burnout in nursing;
  • Strategies for decreasing fatigue and burnout in nursing.

References

  1. Maslach, C.; Jackson, S. E. The measurement of experienced burnout. J. Organ. Behavior 1981, 2, 99–113.
  2. Fargen, K. M.; Ansari, S. A.; Spiotta, A.; Dabus, G.; Mokin, M.; Brown, P.; Wolfe, S. Q.; Kittel, C., Kan, P.; Baxter, B. W.; et al. Influence of thrombectomy volume on non-physician staff burnout and attrition in neurointerventional teams. J. NeuroInterv. Surg. 2020, 12, 1199–1204.
  3. Geuens, N.; Verheyen, H.; Vlerick, P.; Van Bogaert, P.; Franck, E. Exploring the influence of core-self evaluations, situational factors, and coping on nurse burnout: A cross-sectional survey study. PLoS ONE, 2020, 15, e0230883. 

Prof. Dr. Robert Ślusarz
Dr. Klaudia Cwiekala-Lewis
Dr. Mariusz Wysokiński
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • burnout
  • fatigue
  • nurses
  • job satisfaction
  • prevention and control
  • risk factors
  • work-related factors
  • stress
  • depression
  • quality of life

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System of Work and Stress-Coping Strategies Used by Nurses of a Polish Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Beata Haor, Anna Antczak-Komoterska, Justyna Kozyra, Natalia Grączewska, Mariola Głowacka, Monika Biercewicz, Agnieszka Królikowska, Renata Jabłońska and Lech Grzelak
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(6), 4871; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064871 - 10 Mar 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to increased stress levels experienced by employees of the healthcare system during their professional activities. The aim of the study was to compare the stress-coping strategies used by nurses in two different systems of work (one shift/two shifts) in [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to increased stress levels experienced by employees of the healthcare system during their professional activities. The aim of the study was to compare the stress-coping strategies used by nurses in two different systems of work (one shift/two shifts) in a Polish hospital in 2021. The study used the Polish adaptation of the Mini-COPE questionnaire and the authors’ data sheet. The results indicate that regardless of experience or the place and system of work, nurses more often chose problem-focused coping strategies. Conducting screening tests among nurses will help to establish effective strategies for coping with occupational stress, thus preventing professional burnout. Full article
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The New and Key Roles for Psychological Contract Status and Engagement in Predicting Various Performance Behaviors of Nurses
by John Rodwell, Andre Gulyas and Dianne Johnson
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 13931; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113931 - 26 Oct 2022
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The study examines the impact of the psychological contract (PC), including the often-studied PC breach in addition to the novel approach of PC status, as predictors of performance among nurses, mediated by engagement, job satisfaction, and psychological distress. A sample of 177 nurses [...] Read more.
The study examines the impact of the psychological contract (PC), including the often-studied PC breach in addition to the novel approach of PC status, as predictors of performance among nurses, mediated by engagement, job satisfaction, and psychological distress. A sample of 177 nurses and midwives from a medium to a large hospital in Australia completed a self-report questionnaire. Structural equation modelling was used to determine associations between the predictors (i.e., negative affectivity (NA), PC breach, PC status)), mediating variables (i.e., engagement, job satisfaction, and psychological distress), and three types of performance behaviors: organizational citizenship behavior for the individual, for the organization (OCBI, OCBO) and in-role behavior (IRB) simultaneously. Specifically, psychological contract status positively predicted engagement, whereas breach negatively predicted engagement and positively predicted job satisfaction. NA positively predicted distress, and distress negatively predicted OCBO and IRB. Lastly, engagement positively predicted job satisfaction, OCBI, OCBO, and IRB. The findings indicate that psychological contract status may predict engagement (and in turn, performance) over and above psychological contract breach, and thus this novel construct should be examined further. The importance of engagement for predicting the performance behaviors and mental health of nurses may also offer new insights. Full article
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Characteristics of Occupational Burnout among Nurses of Various Specialties and in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Review
by Robert Ślusarz, Klaudia Cwiekala-Lewis, Mariusz Wysokiński, Karolina Filipska-Blejder, Wiesław Fidecki and Monika Biercewicz
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 13775; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113775 - 23 Oct 2022
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Occupational burnout is particularly common among nurses due to their work being associated with stress, showing understanding, compassion, and commitment, along with the simultaneous need to maintain the necessary emotional distance. The aim of this review was to assess the occurrence and characterization [...] Read more.
Occupational burnout is particularly common among nurses due to their work being associated with stress, showing understanding, compassion, and commitment, along with the simultaneous need to maintain the necessary emotional distance. The aim of this review was to assess the occurrence and characterization of burnout among nurses working within neurology, geriatric care, intensive care units and with patients infected with the novel COVID-19 virus. PRISMA guidelines were used to conduct the review. The search for literature was limited to articles meeting the inclusion criteria and published from 2017 to 2022 in PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and Wiley. A total of 768 articles from this category have been found. Ultimately, after in-depth analysis, 20 articles were included in the study. The group of respondents ranged from 49 to 3100 participants. According to the data, the percentages of nurses suffering from burnout in the presented research ranged from 14.3% to 84.7%, with the highest value of burnout among nurses who worked in the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are certain factors among nurses that significantly affect the occurrence of burnout. These include, among others, working time, age, exposure to infection and contact with infected patients, lack of training on COVID-19 prevention, providing care to an increased number of COVID-19 patients per shift, lack of personal protective equipment, lack of support of administration, lack of pay satisfaction, intrinsic motivation and turnover intention. Full article
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