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Review

Characteristics of Occupational Burnout among Nurses of Various Specialties and in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Review

by
Robert Ślusarz
1,*,
Klaudia Cwiekala-Lewis
2,
Mariusz Wysokiński
3,
Karolina Filipska-Blejder
1,
Wiesław Fidecki
3 and
Monika Biercewicz
4
1
Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Science, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 85-821 Bydgoszcz, Poland
2
School of Nursing & Health Professions, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA 17403-3651, USA
3
Department of Basic Nursing, Chair of Development in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University, 20-081 Lublin, Poland
4
Clinic of Geriatrics, Faculty of Health Science, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 13775; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113775
Submission received: 15 September 2022 / Revised: 19 October 2022 / Accepted: 21 October 2022 / Published: 23 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fatigue and Burnout in Nursing)
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Abstract

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.
Keywords: occupational burnout; nurses; risk factors; COVID-19 pandemic occupational burnout; nurses; risk factors; COVID-19 pandemic

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Ślusarz, R.; Cwiekala-Lewis, K.; Wysokiński, M.; Filipska-Blejder, K.; Fidecki, W.; Biercewicz, M. Characteristics of Occupational Burnout among Nurses of Various Specialties and in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 13775. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113775

AMA Style

Ślusarz R, Cwiekala-Lewis K, Wysokiński M, Filipska-Blejder K, Fidecki W, Biercewicz M. Characteristics of Occupational Burnout among Nurses of Various Specialties and in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(21):13775. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113775

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Ślusarz, Robert, Klaudia Cwiekala-Lewis, Mariusz Wysokiński, Karolina Filipska-Blejder, Wiesław Fidecki, and Monika Biercewicz. 2022. "Characteristics of Occupational Burnout among Nurses of Various Specialties and in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Review" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 21: 13775. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113775

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Ślusarz, R., Cwiekala-Lewis, K., Wysokiński, M., Filipska-Blejder, K., Fidecki, W., & Biercewicz, M. (2022). Characteristics of Occupational Burnout among Nurses of Various Specialties and in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 13775. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113775

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