Mathebula Letta, Mathevula Rirhandzu F, Ramalepa Tshiamo N
Department of Nursing Sciences, School of Healthcare Sciences, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.
Health SA. 2025 Jul 24;30:2910. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v30i0.2910. eCollection 2025.
There is a dearth of research on the factors that contribute to a lack of work-life balance (WLB) among nurse educators because most studies focused on nurses or academics in general rather than nurse educators. Thus, more studies are needed to explore the factors that contribute to the lack of WLB among nurse educators.
To explore and investigate the scope and quantity of literature on the factors affecting the WLB among nurse educators.
This scoping review followed Arksey and O'Malley's framework, using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Manual for Evidence Synthesis to extract and chart sources. Seventeen articles (2014-2024) were analyzed using descriptive analysis, PRISMA-ScR, and thematic analysis.
The scoping review identifies factors and strategies impacting WLB among nurse educators, highlighting occupational stress, understaffing, and heavy workloads as key contributors to imbalance. It also explores the role of technology in improving WLB.
The scoping review identified factors that contribute to work-life imbalance among nurse educators and proposed strategies to address these issues. Studies suggest that WLB programmes can also lower employee stress levels. Furthermore, the review highlights a significant gap in the literature concerning the factors contributing to the lack of WLB among nurse educators in the sub-Saharan region.
The findings of this scoping review might assist in the development of strategies that could help nurse educators deal with the factors that contribute to the lack of WLB among nurse educators in nursing education institutions.
关于导致护士教育工作者工作与生活失衡（WLB）的因素，研究匮乏，因为大多数研究关注的是一般护士或学者，而非护士教育工作者。因此，需要更多研究来探索导致护士教育工作者缺乏工作与生活平衡的因素。
探讨和调查关于影响护士教育工作者工作与生活平衡的因素的文献范围和数量。
本范围综述遵循阿克西和奥马利的框架，使用乔安娜·布里格斯研究所（JBI）循证综合手册来提取和梳理资料来源。使用描述性分析、PRISMA-ScR和主题分析对17篇文章（2014 - 2024年）进行了分析。
范围综述确定了影响护士教育工作者工作与生活平衡的因素和策略，强调职业压力、人员不足和繁重工作量是失衡的关键因素。还探讨了技术在改善工作与生活平衡方面的作用。
范围综述确定了导致护士教育工作者工作与生活失衡的因素，并提出了解决这些问题的策略。研究表明，工作与生活平衡计划也可以降低员工的压力水平。此外，综述突出了撒哈拉以南地区在导致护士教育工作者缺乏工作与生活平衡的因素方面的文献存在重大空白。
本范围综述的结果可能有助于制定策略，以帮助护士教育工作者应对护理教育机构中导致护士教育工作者缺乏工作与生活平衡的因素。
