Jiang Hu, Huang Nanqu, Jiang Xue, Yu Jianghong, Zhou Yehong, Pu Hengping
Nursing Department, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Zunyi), Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
Drug Clinical Trial Institution, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Zunyi), Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
PeerJ. 2021 Oct 21;9:e12333. doi: 10.7717/peerj.12333. eCollection 2021.
The nursing workforce shortage has long been a global concern, and with the aging of nurses, this problem has become more prominent. Nursing is recognized as a high-stress occupation, and nurses experience high levels of job burnout, which reduces their professional identity. Older nurses are an indispensable talent force for nursing teams and are extremely important for the stability of nursing teams and improvement in nursing quality. Exploring the mental health and influencing factors of older nurses is very beneficial for the stability and development of nurse teams and patients' clinical outcomes.
This study aimed to investigate the level of job burnout and its influencing factors among older nurses in Guizhou Province, China and confirm the correlations among job burnout, professional identity and stress level.
From July to August 2019, 520 registered nurses aged over 40 years in Guizhou Province, China were surveyed through the Questionnaire Star platform. The questionnaire contained the following four parts: a general information questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), a professional identity scale, and a job stressors scale.
The results showed that the job burnout score of the 520 older nurses was 55.44 ± 18.62, which was moderate. The level of job burnout was positively correlated with the level of nurse stress and negatively correlated with the level of professional identity, which was influenced by various personal and social factors.
This study not only revealed that job burnout was still at a moderate level, but also revealed its current status and influencing factors among older nurses in China.
护理人员短缺长期以来一直是全球关注的问题，随着护士老龄化，这一问题变得更加突出。护理被认为是一项高压力职业，护士经历高水平的职业倦怠，这降低了他们的职业认同感。年长护士是护理团队不可或缺的人才力量，对护理团队的稳定性和护理质量的提高极为重要。探索年长护士的心理健康及其影响因素对护士团队的稳定与发展以及患者的临床结局非常有益。
本研究旨在调查中国贵州省年长护士的职业倦怠水平及其影响因素，并确认职业倦怠、职业认同感和压力水平之间的相关性。
2019年7月至8月，通过问卷星平台对中国贵州省520名40岁以上的注册护士进行了调查。问卷包含以下四个部分：一般信息问卷、马氏职业倦怠量表（MBI）、职业认同量表和工作压力源量表。
结果显示，520名年长护士的职业倦怠得分为55.44±18.62，处于中等水平。职业倦怠水平与护士压力水平呈正相关，与职业认同水平呈负相关，且受到各种个人和社会因素的影响。
本研究不仅揭示了职业倦怠仍处于中等水平，还揭示了其在中国年长护士中的现状及影响因素。
