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Berdida DJE. Commentary: The mediating role of empathy in the impact of compassion fatigue on burnout among nurses. J Res Nurs 2023; 28:496-498. [PMID: 38144969 PMCID: PMC10741252 DOI: 10.1177/17449871231178932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
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Jafarian_amiri SR, Qanbari Qalehsari M, Zabihi A, Babanataj R, Chehrazi M. The relationship between empowerment and compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout in nurses during COVID-19 outbreak. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 2023; 12:379. [PMID: 38144007 PMCID: PMC10743936 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_504_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The quality of nurses' professional life is at stake in crises such as COVID-19. Empowerment helps employees perform better and advance the goals of the organization. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between empowerment and the quality of nurses' professional life during the outbreak of COVID-19. MATERIALS AND METHODS The current cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 in the hospitals of Babol University of Medical Sciences with the participation of 200 nurses providing care for COVID-19 patients who were included in the study by convenience sampling method. Data collection tools included the Empowerment Questionnaire (Leader Empowerment Behaviors Scale, Structural Empowerment, and Psychological Empowerment) and the Professional Quality of Life Questionnaire. SPSS software version 23 was used to analyze the data. Multiple linear regressions were used to investigate the relationship between empowerment and quality of professional life. RESULTS In the majority of nurses, compassion satisfaction 140 (70%), burnout 172 (86%), and compassion fatigue 126 (63%) were at moderate level. A significant relationship was found between compassion satisfaction and Leader Empowerment (R = 0.54, P =. 001), Psychological Empowerment (R = 0.55, P =. 001), and Structural Empowerment (R = 0.42, P =. 001) and Compassion Fatigue and Leader Empowerment (R = 0.35, P =. 001), psychological empowerment (R = 0.42, P =. 001), and structural empowerment (R = 0.49, P =. 001). CONCLUSION Nursing managers' attention to empowerment strategies in crises such as COVID-19 can improve compassion satisfaction and reduce compassion fatigue in nurses. It is also necessary to implement policies and guidelines for the development of psychosocial support to health promotion of the workplace, education, informing, and empowering nurses.
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- Seyedeh Roghayeh Jafarian_amiri
- Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Nursing Care Research Center, Health Research Institute, Nursing and Midwifery School, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Trauma Nursing Research Center, Medical Surgical of Science Department, Faculty of Nursing, Kashan University of Medical Science, Kashan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Habibpour Z, Ghorbani-Sani S, Seyed-Mohammadi N, Ghader-Jola K, Mostafazadeh A. Resilience and its relationship with occupational stress and professional quality of life during COVID-19 pandemic. PSYCHOL HEALTH MED 2023; 28:1977-1984. [PMID: 35510906 DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2072917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This study aimed to assess resilience and its relationship with occupational stress (OS) and PQOL among nurses in COVID-19 isolation wards. This is a descriptive-analytical research design involving 158 frontline nurses in the Iran. Four standardized scales were used for data collection. The total mean scores of resilience and OS were 26.19 ± 6.2 and 73.3 ± 14.5, respectively. The mean scores of participants' resilience and OS had no significant relationship with their demographic characteristics (P > 0.05). Resilience had significant negative relationship with OS (r = - 0.376, P < 0.001) and significant positive relationship with the compassion satisfaction dimension of PQOL (r = 0.373; P < 0.001). Resilience was also a significant predictor of OS and the compassion satisfaction dimension of PQOL (P < 0.001). Nurses' OS can be reduced through resilience-promoting strategies such as development of their social support network, improvement of their optimism, and provision of resilient role models and quality resilience-related education.
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- Zeinab Habibpour
- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing, Khoy University of Medical Sciences, Khoy, Iran
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- Department of Emergency Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Piranshahr Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
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- Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, Khoy University of Medical Sciences, Khoy, Iran
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Zhang H, Sun L, Zhang Q. How Workplace Social Capital Affects Turnover Intention: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction and Burnout. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19159587. [PMID: 35954943 PMCID: PMC9367717 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Committed social workers are significant to organizational performance and service quality; therefore, it is crucial to explore the contributing factors of turnover intention to enhance social workers’ commitment. To reduce social workers’ turnover intention, this study used the first national survey data (N = 5620) of social workers in China to find out the relationship between workplace social capital and turnover intention in public service and explore possible solutions. This study treated workplace social capital as a comprehensive measure that captured employees’ overall perceptions of their interpersonal relations in the public sector. It covered the impact of many other organizational factors on turnover intention, such as job embeddedness, social networks, social relations, communication, and organizational fairness. The results confirmed that workplace social capital had a significant negative impact on employees’ turnover intention. Workplace social capital could be a better predictor of employees’ turnover intention than a single organizational factor or a combination of several factors. These findings not only deepened the theoretical understanding of social capital within the organization and brought insight into how workplace social capital affected employees’ turnover but also promoted a formation of a holistic organizational perspective from the fragmented organizational factors. Results also showed that job burnout and job satisfaction mediated the relation between workplace social capital and turnover intention. Public service agencies should endeavor to foster an organizational climate of cooperation and trust, encourage teamwork and altruistic behaviors among coworkers to reduce emotional exhaustion, and strengthen the professional identity and professional value of social work.
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- Huan Zhang
- School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Social Welfare, Beijing Vocational College of Labor and Social Security, Beijing 100029, China
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- School of Social Welfare, Beijing Vocational College of Labor and Social Security, Beijing 100029, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-189-1178-3259
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Xu J, Stark AT. A conceptual model of nurses' workplace social capital: a theory synthesis. BMC Nurs 2021; 20:148. [PMID: 34404398 PMCID: PMC8369697 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-021-00660-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Research has confirmed the importance of workplace social capital in the nursing workforce. Integration of the empirical evidence about nurses' workplace social capital into a scientific collection can provide a comprehensive presentation of this concept. This scientific collection can be a conduit for further research and advancement of nursing management and leadership. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to discuss the process of developing a conceptual model of nurses' workplace social capital, an effective and concise approach to illustrate a scientific phenomenon. METHODS The model of nurses' workplace social capital was developed following Walker and Avant's strategy of theory synthesis. Empirical evidence relevant to nurses' workplace social capital was synthesized by systematically examining the existing literature. PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science and Google Scholar were searched periodically from October 2017 to July 2020. RESULTS Our proposed conceptual model lays out the determinants and outcomes of nurses' workplace social capital and specifies the relational statements among these concepts. Nurses' workplace social capital is influenced by the organizational and individual determinants shaped by multiple layers of sub-concepts. The development and implementation of nurses' workplace social capital has three themes of consequences: 1) nurses' outcomes; 2) patients' outcomes; and 3) organizational outcomes. All the concepts and statements have been organized and aligned with the principles of "inventory of determinants or results" and "theoretical blocks". CONCLUSION Our theoretical synthesis offers a comprehensive picture of the current knowledge of nurses' workplace social capital. Efforts should be dedicated to evaluating, revising, and revamping this newly developed model based on future empirical evidence. Our synthesized conceptual model is the segue to more comprehensive studies about nurses' workplace social capital. Interventional programs for the development of social capital can be structured based on the identified determinants.
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- Jiamin Xu
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Lishui University, Lishui, China.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
- School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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Buonomo I, Farnese ML, Vecina ML, Benevene P. Other-Focused Approach to Teaching. The Effect of Ethical Leadership and Quiet Ego on Work Engagement and the Mediating Role of Compassion Satisfaction. Front Psychol 2021; 12:692116. [PMID: 34248796 PMCID: PMC8264287 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.692116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Recent revisions of the Job Demands Resources (JDR) model acknowledged the importance of personal and organizational dimensions enriching job resources' effect on work engagement. Consistently, this paper addresses the role of compassion satisfaction, as a job resource, on teacher work engagement, given the saliency of caring in teaching as a helping profession. Furthermore, quiet ego, as a personal dimension, and ethical leadership, as an organizational dimension, are studied as antecedents of compassion satisfaction. Overall, the study verifies with a Structural Equation Model whether and how compassion satisfaction mediates the relationships among work engagement, quiet ego, and ethical leadership. One hundred and eighty-eight Italian teachers took part in the study by completing four scales: the Ethical Leadership Scale, the Quiet Ego scale, the Professional Quality Of Life Questionnaire, and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-ultra-short version. The final model showed a good fit to the data: χ2 ( 48 ) = 75.399, p = 0.007, CFI = 0.979, TLI = 0.971, RMSEA = 0.055 (90% CI = 0.029-0.078, p = 0.342), SRMR = 0.039. Findings showed that teachers' compassion satisfaction is strongly related to their engagement at school, confirming that teachers' care toward their students is an important resource supporting their engagement. Furthermore, compassion satisfaction totally mediates the relationship between quiet ego and work engagement (bDIRECT = ns, bINDIRECT = 0.327, p = 0.000). Such mediating path confirms recent expansions of the JDR model about the role of personal resources on job resources and, consequently, on work engagement and confirms the Conservation of Resources theory, stating that personal resources impact work outcomes. At the same time, compassion satisfaction does not mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and work engagement, so that ethical school leaders directly impact teachers' work engagement. A possible reason for this finding relies on ethical leadership's role in promoting higher school life participation as a community. More theoretical and practical implications are described in the paper.
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- Ilaria Buonomo
- Department of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta (LUMSA) University, Rome, Italy
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, del Trabajo y Diferencial, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta (LUMSA) University, Rome, Italy
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Xu J, Kunaviktikul W, Akkadechanunt T, Nantsupawat A, Stark AT. A contemporary understanding of nurses' workplace social capital: A response to the rapid changes in the nursing workforce. J Nurs Manag 2020; 28:247-258. [PMID: 31793081 PMCID: PMC7328727 DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM To provide an updated definition of the concept of nurses' workplace social capital that addresses changes in the contemporary nursing workforce. BACKGROUND Social capital explains the components of a constructive work environment. Advancements in psychology of workplace and changes in the demographic structure of nursing workforce call for a revised version of nurses' workplace social capital. METHOD Walker and Avant's approach was implemented. Data were compiled from 'Medline' and 'CINAHL', 'Google' search engine, book chapters and expertise of nursing academicians. RESULTS Nurses' workplace social capital is a relational network that is configured by interactions among healthcare professionals. Although, various attributes influence these interactions, Relational Network, Trust, Shared Understanding, Reciprocity and Social Cohesion are considered as the major attributes. A healthy relational network creates a healthy workplace which can be further fortified by effective communication, active group engagements and a supportive leadership. CONCLUSIONS Results of our concept analysis should establish a theoretical groundwork for nurse leaders to better build and more effectively lead the contemporary nursing workforce. IMPLICATION FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT Leaders' dedication to workplace social capital is the tenet of a constructive workplace, which in return can support nurses to flourish in their clinical and the other professional responsibilities.
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- Jiamin Xu
- Faculty of NursingChiang Mai UniversityChiang MaiThailand
- School of NursingLishui UniversityLishuiChina
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineHenry Ford Health SystemDetroitMIUSA
- School of Interdisciplinary StudiesUniversity of Texas at DallasRichardsonTXUSA
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Wang Y, Zhang H, Yang Y. The Moderating Effect of Professional Self-Care Training on Novice Practitioners' Organizational Citizenship Behavior in China. SOCIAL WORK 2019; 65:45-54. [PMID: 31845966 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swz042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Due to recent challenges and the great burdens faced by social workers to provide social services, self-care is becoming more and more important to research and practice. This study empirically tested the long-term impact of self-care training provided during MSW education. In line with previous research on self-care among other social services practitioners, the panel data of MSW graduates nationwide showed the longitudinal impact of the self-care training in MSW programs on their organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) as novice practitioners. Specifically, authors identify self-care as a critical work contextual moderator of the effects of supervisor behavior, workplace social capital, and burnout on OCB. The study offers implications for education, practice, research, and the culture of the profession in China, and explicates the utility of the findings of self-care training's impact for practitioners, students, educators, social service agency supervisors, and organizational and professional leaders. It is crucial to create a "culture of self-care" by integrating self-care in education and building a healthy workplace culture, which may shed light on how to sustain the social work profession in China and globally.
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