The relationship between burnout, job satisfaction and the rationing of nursing care—A cross-sectional study
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Izabella Uchmanowicz RN, PhD, FESC
Full Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Izabella Uchmanowicz, Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Bartla 5, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorPiotr Karniej MSC, MBA, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Organization and Management, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorMagdalena Lisiak RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorAnna Chudiak RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorKatarzyna Lomper RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorAlicja Wiśnicka RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorMarta Wleklik RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorJoanna Rosińczuk RN, PhD
Full Professor
Department of Nervous System Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Izabella Uchmanowicz RN, PhD, FESC
Full Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Correspondence
Izabella Uchmanowicz, Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Bartla 5, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorPiotr Karniej MSC, MBA, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Organization and Management, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorMagdalena Lisiak RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorAnna Chudiak RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorKatarzyna Lomper RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorAlicja Wiśnicka RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorMarta Wleklik RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorJoanna Rosińczuk RN, PhD
Full Professor
Department of Nervous System Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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This study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland as a part of a statutory grant of the Wroclaw Medical University for maintaining research potential (no. SUB.E140.19.042).
Abstract
Aims
To assess the impacts of burnout and job satisfaction on the rationing of care in the professional group of nurses.
Background
The shortage of nursing staff is currently one of the most significant health care problems. It is not clear how burnout and job satisfaction affect the rationing of nursing care.
Methods
We included 594 nurses, and we used the Basel Extent of Rationing of Nursing Care-R (BERNCA-R), the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS).
Results
The average scores were 1.72 ± 0.87 points for the BERNCA-R, 36.08 ± 21.25 for the MBI and 19.74 ± 5.57 for the JSS. A statistically significant positive correlation between the BERNCA-R and the MBI (p < .05) and a negative correlation between the BERNCA-R and the JSS (p < .05) were observed. Independent predictors of the BERNCA-R were the result of emotional exhaustion of the MBI and the assessment of the impact of independence on job satisfaction (p < .05).
Conclusion
Occupational burnout can decrease job satisfaction in nursing staff and result in adverse outcomes of rationing care. Nursing managers should pay more attention to individual differences in nursing-care workers linked with nursing burnout, job satisfaction and the rationing of care.
Implications for Nursing Management
Interventions aimed at counteracting burnout are the key to improving job satisfaction in nurses.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
No conflict of interest has been declared by the authors.
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