Aging and Burnout for Nurses in an Acute Care Setting: The First Wave of COVID-19

dc.citation.articleNumber5565
dc.citation.issueNumber8
dc.citation.journalTitleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.citation.volumeNumber20
dc.contributor.authorBeier, Margaret E.
dc.contributor.authorCockerham, Mona
dc.contributor.authorBranson, Sandy
dc.contributor.authorBoss, Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-21T16:13:55Z
dc.date.available2023-07-21T16:13:55Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractWe examined the relationship between age, coping, and burnout during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic with nurses in Texas (N = 376). Nurses were recruited through a professional association and snowball sampling methodology for the cross-sectional survey study. Framed in lifespan development theories, we expected that nurse age and experience would be positively correlated with positive coping strategies (e.g., getting emotional support from others) and negatively correlated with negative coping strategies (e.g., drinking and drug use). We also expected age to be negatively related to the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization facets of burnout and positively related to the personal accomplishment facet of burnout. Findings were largely supported in that age was positively associated with positive coping and personal accomplishment and age and experience were negatively correlated with negative coping and depersonalization. Age was not, however, associated with emotional exhaustion. Mediation models further suggest that coping explains some of the effect of age on burnout. A theoretical extension of lifespan development models into an extreme environment and practical implications for coping in these environments are discussed.
dc.identifier.citationBeier, Margaret E., Cockerham, Mona, Branson, Sandy, et al.. "Aging and Burnout for Nurses in an Acute Care Setting: The First Wave of COVID-19." <i>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,</i> 20, no. 8 (2023) MDPI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085565.
dc.identifier.digitalijerph-20-05565-v2
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085565
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114999
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI
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dc.titleAging and Burnout for Nurses in an Acute Care Setting: The First Wave of COVID-19
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