A Correlational Study Measuring Burnout and Resilience Among Nurse Educators

Burnout, one possible cause of the nurse faculty shortage, may be mitigated by resilience. This study found that faculty who scored unusually low in resilience were likely to feel emotionally exhausted and depersonalized; however, even those with average scores in resilience were likely to feel emotionally exhausted, if not depersonalized. These findings suggest that interventions that increase resilience may reduce the frequency of the most severe burnout profiles among nurse educators. Only a change in the structure of the job will reduce the more prevalent problem of emotional exhaustion.