Compassion Satisfaction, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout among Nurses Working in Trauma Centers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Due to the nature of their work, trauma nurses are exposed to traumatic situations and often experience burnout. We conducted a cross-sectional study examining compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout among trauma nurses to identify the predictors of burnout. Data were collec...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2021-07, Vol.18 (14), p.7228
Main Authors: Lee, Hyoung Ju, Lee, Miyoung, Jang, Sun Joo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burnout
Compassion
Consent
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cross-sectional studies
Fatigue
Job satisfaction
Medical personnel
Multiple regression analysis
Nurses
Nursing care
Pandemics
Patients
Professionals
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Stress
Trauma
Trauma centers
Validity
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Summary:Due to the nature of their work, trauma nurses are exposed to traumatic situations and often experience burnout. We conducted a cross-sectional study examining compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout among trauma nurses to identify the predictors of burnout. Data were collected from 219 nurses in four trauma centers in South Korea from July to August 2019. We used the Traumatic Events Inventory to measure nurses’ traumatic experience and three Professional Quality of Life subscales to measure compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout. Multiple regression analysis confirmed that compassion satisfaction and secondary traumatic stress significantly predicted nurses’ burnout, with compassion satisfaction being the most potent predictor. The regression model explained 59.2% of the variance. Nurses with high job satisfaction, high compassion satisfaction, and low secondary traumatic stress tend to experience less burnout than their counterparts. Nurse managers should recognize that strategies to enhance job and compassion satisfaction and decrease secondary traumatic stress are required to decrease burnout among nurses in trauma centers.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph18147228