Telenurses’ work environment - Relationships between working conditions, remote work from home or not and the outcomes job satisfaction, burnout and thriving

Objective To examine relationships between working conditions, remote work and the outcomes job satisfaction, thriving and burnout among nurses engaged in telenursing. Methods The study had a cross-sectional and correlational design. Questionnaire data from 182 telenurses were collected during 2023 using a web-based survey and analysed using multiple linear regression models. Results For job satisfaction and thriving, the regression models revealed that nurses who rated better working conditions and worked remotely (fully or partially) scored statistically significantly higher in job satisfaction and thriving. In addition, older age was statistically significantly associated with better job satisfaction in the model. For burnout, remote work was non-significant; however, better working conditions and older age were statistically significantly associated with lower burnout scores. The three models’ explanatory power (R 2 Adjusted) for each outcome were 39% of the variance in job satisfaction, 38% in thriving and 47% in burnout. Conclusion Remote work among telenurses is related to higher job satisfaction and thriving compared to solely office-based work. Given the cross-sectional design, causal interpretations cannot be made.