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Beyond Burnout

Nurses’ Perspectives on Chronic Suffering During and After the Covid-19 Pandemic

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ID15736822
AuthorsMelissa Powell (0000-0002-7058-0085, Duke University, corresponding author), Tolu O Oyesanya (0000-0001-8821-4510, Duke University), Susan D Scott (0000-0002-7558-4798, University of Missouri Health System), Deborah H Allen (0000-0002-3360-2951, Duke University Health System), AnnMarie Walton (0000-0002-1756-4262, Duke University)
Year2024
Volume11
Pages23333936241271271-23333936241271271
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2333-3936 • E-ISSN: 2333-3936
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23333936241271271
PMID39228818
OpenAlexW4402148443
LanguageEN
References cited36

Nurses around the globe have been impacted psychologically and emotionally during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' perspectives on the concepts of compassion fatigue, second victimhood, burnout, and moral injury. Eight nurses were interviewed either individually or in groups of two. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis. The following themes were identified: waves of compassion fatigue, traumatization within second victimhood, never the same after chronic burnout, moral injury: nurses couldn't do their best, and connections across concepts. Results showed nurses were most familiar with burnout and compassion fatigue, which remain chronic struggles. Second victimhood and moral injury were more distinct experiences related to traumatic or morally distressing events and likely contributed to experiencing burnout or compassion fatigue. Nurses' suffering heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains prominent three years later. Future research and interventions are urgently needed globally to reduce workplace stressors and promote nurse well-being

Burnout · Compassion · Compassion fatigue · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Moral injury · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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