The Relationships Amongst Pediatric Nurses' Work Environments, Work Attitudes, and Experiences of Burnout

• 2021

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• Laura Buckley; Whitney Berta; Kristin Cleverley; Kimberley Widger
PMID: 34993167DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.807245

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This study looked at what aspects of the work environment most influence burnout in pediatric intensive care nurses. Researchers surveyed nurses in a Toronto hospital to see how factors like workplace support, incivility, and quality of work-life relate to burnout symptoms—such as emotional exhaustion and feeling a lack of personal accomplishment. They found that quality of work-life had the biggest impact, both directly and indirectly, on how engaged nurses felt at work and how burned out they became. In turn, work engagement had the strongest effect on helping nurses feel accomplished and less emotionally exhausted. The study suggests that improving work-life quality could be a key way for hospitals to reduce nurse burnout.

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Focus Area: Mental Health

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Emergency Managers; Nurses

Emergency Management Stages: Mitigation; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel; Burnout, Professional; Critical Care; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Job Satisfaction; Nurses; Nursing; Pediatrics; Quality of Life; Occupational Stress; Nurses, Pediatric; Critical Care Nursing

Institutions: University of Toronto; The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

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