<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>To explore the concept of burnout among nurses. Through this concept analysis would expect in assisting hospital management departments in establishing supportive programmes to manage burnout of nurses.</p></sec><sec><h3>Method</h3><p>Walker and Avant's framework is adopted for the concept analysis of burnout.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>Burnout is a syndrome that can happen among helping professions which characterized as emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. The antecedents of burnout are cognitive-competence, role overload, role conflict, lack of social support, and rewards. On the other hand, the consequences of burnout could be both personal and organizational, such as sub-clinical issues, behavioral change, absenteeism, and poor quality of care.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The analysis of burnout on its attributes, together with antecedents and consequences (Appendix A) and presenting with case study, it may help the nurse to gain a better understanding of nurse burnout and build coping strategies.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveTo explore the concept of burnout among nurses. Through this concept analysis would expect in assisting hospital management departments in establishing supportive programmes to manage burnout of nurses.MethodWalker and Avant's framework is adopted for the concept analysis of burnout.ResultsBurnout is a syndrome that can happen among helping professions which characterized as emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. The antecedents of burnout are cognitive-competence, role overload, role conflict, lack of social support, and rewards. On the other hand, the consequences of burnout could be both personal and organizational, such as sub-clinical issues, behavioral change, absenteeism, and poor quality of care.ConclusionThe analysis of burnout on its attributes, together with antecedents and consequences (Appendix A) and presenting with case study, it may help the nurse to gain a better understanding of nurse burnout and build coping strategies.

Concept analysis of nurse burnout

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveTo explore the concept of burnout among nurses. Through this concept analysis would expect in assisting hospital management departments in...

Concept analysis of nurse burnout

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Oct 02, 2020

Page range: 227 - 233

Received: Jan 02, 2020

Accepted: Feb 17, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0034

Keywords
burnout, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduced personal accomplishment, compassion fatigue, nurse or nurses or nursing, concept analysis

© 2020 Chun-Ming Yuan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Concept analysis of nurse burnout

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Oct 02, 2020

Page range: 227 - 233

Received: Jan 02, 2020

Accepted: Feb 17, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0034

Keywordsburnout, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduced personal accomplishment, compassion fatigue, nurse or nurses or nursing, concept analysis

© 2020 Chun-Ming Yuan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
burnout, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduced personal accomplishment, compassion fatigue, nurse or nurses or nursing, concept analysis