Compassionate love, burnout and professional commitment in nurses
Sevinç Mersin1, Özlem İbrahimoğlu2, Merve Çağlar2
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Bilecik, Turkey.
Journal of Nursing Management
|October 24, 2019
Summary
Compassionate love positively impacts nurses' professional commitment and reduces burnout. Encouraging compassionate love in nursing can improve job satisfaction and retention.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Healthcare Management
Background:
- Compassionate love, defined as 'other-centred' or altruistic love, plays a crucial role in nursing.
- It is theorized to moderate burnout and enhance professional commitment among healthcare professionals.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the effects of compassionate love on burnout and professional commitment in nurses.
- To explore the relationship between compassionate love and key nursing outcomes.
Main Methods:
- 194 nurses from two Turkish public hospitals participated.
- Data were collected using self-report instruments including the Compassionate Love Scale, Burnout Measure-Short Version, and Nursing Professional Commitment Scale.
Main Results:
- A significant inverse relationship was found between compassionate love and burnout.
- Compassionate love showed a significant positive association with professional commitment.
- Factors like having children, artistic engagement, and intensive care experience were also linked to study variables.
Conclusions:
- Compassionate love is positively related to professional commitment and negatively related to burnout in nurses.
- Further research on compassionate love interventions is warranted.
- Nurse managers should foster and reward compassionate behaviors towards patients and colleagues.
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