{"id":306093,"date":"2021-07-22T23:48:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T20:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/during-covid-19-nurses-face-significant-burnout-risks\/"},"modified":"2021-07-22T23:48:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T20:48:26","slug":"during-covid-19-nurses-face-significant-burnout-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/during-covid-19-nurses-face-significant-burnout-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"#During COVID-19, nurses face significant burnout risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#During COVID-19, nurses face significant burnout risks<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                                        Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 40 percent of nurses and other health care workers had risks associated with an increased likelihood of burnout, reports a survey study in the August issue of the <i>American Journal of Nursing<\/i> (<i>AJN<\/i>).\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                The study identifies risk factors for poor well-being as well as factors associated with greater resilience\u2014which may reduce the risk of burnout for hands-on care providers, according to the new research by Lindsay Thompson Munn, RN, Ph.D., and colleagues of a North Carolina healthcare system. They write, &#8220;The insights gained from this study can help health care leaders to target these risk factors and develop strategies that allow organizations to better support well-being and resilience among clinicians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>New evidence of pandemic&#8217;s impact on well-being in health care workers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The researchers conducted an online survey of nurses and other non-physician health care workers (HCWs), and received responses from 2,459 participants who provided direct patient care. The survey focused on risk factors for decreased well-being: a key contributor to the epidemic of burnout among health care professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also evaluated aspects of resilience. Defined as the ability to cope with and adapt positively to adversity, resilience is an important contributor to well-being. Data were collected in June and July 2020, providing a snapshot of well-being and resilience among HCWs a few months into the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, 44 percent of HCWs surveyed had &#8220;at risk&#8221; well-being, which is associated with increased risk of burnout, fatigue, and patient care errors. Analysis of the responses identified several factors associated with increased odds of poor well-being, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Having low scores on a measure of resilience<\/li>\n<li>Believing that supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) were insufficient<\/li>\n<li>Feeling that the organization did not understand health care workers&#8217; emotional support needs during the pandemic<\/li>\n<li>Believing that workload had increased<\/li>\n<li>Believing that staffing was inadequate to safely care for patients<\/li>\n<li>Having a lower degree of psychological safety (feeling that the work environment was conducive to vulnerability and interpersonal risk-taking)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In contrast, opposite levels of some of the same factors were associated with higher scores for resilience:    <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feeling that the organization <i>did<\/i> understand emotional support needs<\/li>\n<li>Believing that staff were being redeployed to areas of critical need<\/li>\n<li>Having a <i>higher<\/i> degree of psychological safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Less than one-fourth of health care workers had used available resources to support their well-being and resilience (such as meditation <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s, employee assistance programs, and counseling). Perhaps reflecting high levels of stress early in the COVID-19 pandemic, those who used such resources were more likely to have &#8220;at risk&#8221; well-being.<br \/>\nDr. Munn and coauthors believe their study has practical implications for health care leaders to promote well-being and resilience among health care workers, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While it may seem obvious that nurses and other HCWs would sustain burnout and poor well-being after dealing with providing care under arduous circumstances, it&#8217;s important to establish the contributing factors and to learn how some were able to mitigate the effects of the stressors,&#8221; notes Maureen Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, FAAN, Editor in Chief of <i>AJN<\/i>. &#8220;We&#8217;re in serious need of successful strategies to support frontline caregivers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The researchers discuss steps that may help to support resilience while addressing modifiable factors that negatively affect well-being in the health care work environment. &#8220;[L]eaders can take crucial steps toward optimizing workers&#8217; well-being by paying careful attention to workload and staffing, creating a culture of psychological safety within teams and units, and recognizing and actively addressing the unique challenges posed by the pandemic,&#8221; Dr. Munn and colleagues conclude.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        Physical activity may curb health care worker burnout\n                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Lindsay Thompson Munn et al, Well-Being and Resilience Among Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic, <i>AJN, American Journal of Nursing<\/i> (2021).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1097\/01.NAJ.0000767352.47699.0c\">DOI: 10.1097\/01.NAJ.0000767352.47699.0c<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    Wolters Kluwer Health<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wolterskluwerhealth.com\/pages\/welcome.aspx\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg><use href=\"https:\/\/medx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 During COVID-19, nurses face significant burnout risks (2021, July 22)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 22 July 2021<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2021-07-covid-nurses-significant-burnout.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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