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Reducing nurse burnout is key to improving affective and normative professional commitment. Burnout does not significantly impact continuance professional commitment in nurses.

Keywords:

affective commitment burnout continuance commitment normative commitment nursing professional commitment

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Nursing Research
Occupational Health Psychology
Organizational Behavior

Background:

The impact of burnout on organizational commitment is established, but its effect on nursing professional commitment remains unexplored.
Professional commitment in nursing comprises three distinct dimensions: affective, continuance, and normative.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between burnout and the three components of nursing professional commitment.
To provide empirical evidence on how burnout influences nurses' dedication to their profession.

Main Methods:

A cross-sectional study design was employed, collecting data via questionnaires from 571 nurses in a large medical center.
Burnout was measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS).
Nursing professional commitment (affective, continuance, normative) was assessed using a formally validated instrument by Meyer et al.

Main Results:

Burnout demonstrated a significant negative relationship with affective and normative professional commitment (B ≤ -0.09, p < 0.01).
No significant relationship was found between burnout and continuance professional commitment (B = 0.05, p > 0.05).

Conclusions:

Nurse managers should prioritize interventions to reduce nurse burnout to enhance affective and normative professional commitment.
Strategies such as fostering nursing optimism and minimizing administrative burdens may help mitigate burnout and strengthen professional commitment.