How Leaders, Teams and Organisations can prevent Burnout and build Resilience: a thematic analysis'

Burnout of healthcare professionals in supportive and palliative care: a summary of recent literature

PURPOSE OF REVIEW

Burnout is a complex phenomenon where several personal and work-related factors interact with each other. Palliative care is a challenging branch of healthcare, which can be especially demanding for the professionals providing it. This review presents an overview of the most recent literature on causes, identification, and consequences of burnout as well as articles on interventions to reduce burnout in the professional palliative healthcare provider setting.

RECENT FINDINGS

With a few exceptions, research on burnout in the palliative care provider setting is focused on further insight on the different aspects that cause burnout on an individual, social, and organizational level. Unfortunately, only a few studies were found on interventions to prevent burnout. While the results of these interventions were promising, long-term results or data on how these diminish actual healthcare provider dropout were not available.

SUMMARY

Research on burnout faced by palliative healthcare professionals seems to focus mainly on gaining further insight of different aspects of the complex syndrome that is burnout and how different individual, social, and organizational factors interact with each other. Further research on the prevention and treatment of burnout is necessary.

The Effect of Perceived Organizational Support of Nurses on Their Resilience: A Cross-Sectional Study From Turkey

Background

Throughout and following the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak, there is an urgent need to focus on organizational support strategies aimed at improving the resilience of nurses.

Purpose

This research aims to examine the relationship between the nurses’ perceived organizational support and their resilience levels, and to reveal the characteristics that make a significant difference.

Methods

The data of this descriptive and cross-sectional study were collected from 722 nurses in February 2021 using the web-based survey method. The study followed the STROBE guideline. The data collection tools included the Introductory Information Form, the Survey of Perceived Organizational Support, and the Psychological Resilience Scale.

Results

Nurses were concluded to have perceived a moderate level of organizational support and their psychological resilience were found to be higher than average. A positive relationship was determined between the organizational support perceived by nurses and their psychological resilience. The gender, position/title of nurses, their work experience in COVID-19 treatment services, and having been infected with the COVID-19 virus were found to affect their perception of organizational support and resilience.

Conclusion

Organizational support perceived by nurses significantly affects their resilience. Resilience programs should, in particular, prioritize permanent clinical nurses who are in the risk group in terms of resilience, female nurses, nurses who had been infected with the COVID 19 virus, and nurses who have been assigned to COVID-19 treatment wards.