title: Burnout in transplant nurses.
abstract: Context-Burnout is a response to chronic strain within the workplace and is common across nursing professions. Little has been published about burnout in organ transplant nurses. Objective-To report the prevalence of the 3 main components of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment) in organ transplant nurses and to examine factors that contribute to the development of burnout in transplant nurses. Design-Cross-sectional survey of transplant nurses (recruited via listservs) on professional and personal demographics, decisional authority, psychological job demands, supervisor and coworker support, frequency and comfort with difficult patient interactions, and burnout. Participants-369 transplant nurses. Results-About half reported high levels of emotional exhaustion, 15.7% reported high levels of depersonalization, and 51.8% reported low levels of personal accomplishment. Working more hours per week, lower decisional authority, greater psychological job demands, lower perceived supervisor support, and greater frequency and discomfort with difficult patient interactions were significant predictors of emotional exhaustion. Greater frequency and discomfort with difficult patient interactions were significant predictors of depersonalization. Younger age, lower decisional authority, and greater discomfort with difficult patient interactions were predictors of low personal accomplishment. Conclusions-The study provides strong evidence of the presence of burnout in transplant nurses and opportunities for focused and potentially very effective interventions aimed at reducing burnout.
authors: Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan.
authors: Michelle T
authors: MT
authors: Jesse
authors: Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan.
authors: Marwan S
authors: MS
authors: Abouljoud
authors: Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan.
authors: Kathy
authors: K
authors: Hogan
authors: Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan.
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Eshelman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000451:nursing*; D015995:Prevalence; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult