Burnout and Turnover Intention Among Nurse Leaders During COVID-19 Pandemic

Nurse leaders working in Birmingham, Alabama, experienced tremendous stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, managing complex staffing situations while balancing patients' and family's needs. A recent study investigated the work environment, resilience, burnout, and turnover intention among these leaders. The findings highlighted a significant relationship between a better work environment and higher resilience, lower burnout, and lower turnover intention. Resilience had a moderate association with intent to leave and a strong inverse correlation with burnout. The study concluded that healthcare organizations should implement effective strategies to improve the work environment, leading to enhanced resilience, reduced burnout, and lower turnover intention among nurse leaders.

Key Takeaways:

• The study investigated the work environment, resilience, burnout, and turnover intention among nurse leaders in Birmingham, Alabama, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• A better work environment was moderately to highly related to resilience and burnout but had a small association to intent to leave.
• Resilience was highly correlated to burnout and moderately associated with intent to leave.
• The study concluded that a better work environment leads to enhanced resilience, reduced burnout, and lower turnover intention among nurse leaders.
• Implications for nursing management suggest that healthcare organizations should implement effective strategies to improve the work environment.
• The study highlights the importance of resilience in mitigating burnout and turnover intention among nurse leaders.

Statistics:

• 56 respondents were included in the study.
• The composite score of the work environment measure was moderately to highly related to resilience (rho = 0.59) and burnout (rho = -0.63 to -0.68).
• Resilience was highly correlated to burnout (rho = -0.53 to -0.59) and moderately associated with intent to leave (rho = -0.32).

Sources:

• Cornwell, A. A., & Montgomery, A. P. (2022). Work Environment, Resilience, Burnout, Intent To Leave During Covid Pandemic Among Nurse Leaders: a Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Nursing Management, 2022.
• Wiley-Blackwell. Journal of Nursing Management. Volume 111, Issue 11, p. 1414-1424. (Full-text available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2834)
• Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA. (November 20, 2022); p 298.