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September 1, 1992American Journal of Critical Care

Job stress and burnout in acute and nonacute pediatric nurses

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JOJ M OehlerDuke UniversityMDM G Davidson

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Implication

Prospective correlational study finds significant predictors of burnout in pediatric nurses, suggesting targeted interventions may help.

Key Points

  • This study aims to identify predictors of burnout and compare incidences of burnout, job stress, anxiety, and support in pediatric nurses.
  • Prospective correlational-descriptive design was used to assess burnout, job stress, anxiety, and social support.
  • 121 registered nurses from neonatal and pediatric intensive care units participated.
  • Discriminant function analysis identified key predictors of burnout.
  • Moderate overall burnout incidence was observed in both acute and nonacute care pediatric nurses.
  • Acute care nurses reported higher burnout levels compared to nonacute care nurses.
  • Job stress was found to be the strongest predictor of burnout, followed by state anxiety and coworker support.

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Oehler et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10b60239dd87f6d0ee378dhttps://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc1992.1.2.81
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