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Yufang Li¹, Dan Xiang¹, Yun Jiang¹

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Operating room nurses experience job burnout due to heavy workloads and lack of support. Interventions should focus on organizational support and career development to improve nurse well-being and retention.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Nursing
Occupational Health
Psychology

Background:

Job burnout is a significant concern among healthcare professionals, particularly in high-stress environments like operating rooms.
Understanding the lived experiences of operating room nurses is crucial for developing effective interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the lived experiences of job burnout among operating room nurses.
To provide an evidence-based foundation for targeted nursing interventions to mitigate job burnout.

Main Methods:

Phenomenological research approach with semi-structured interviews.
Purposive sampling of 14 operating room nurses from a tertiary hospital.
Colaizzi's seven-step method for data analysis until thematic saturation.

Main Results:

Five major themes identified as contributing factors to burnout: excessive workload, insufficient emotional support, career stagnation, and healthcare relationship dynamics.
Three major themes identified as coping strategies, with nurses reporting a lack of professional fulfillment and effective emotional exhaustion coping mechanisms.
Burnout is linked to workload, support, career development, and interpersonal dynamics in the operating room.

Conclusions:

Job burnout in operating room nurses stems from a complex interplay of factors.
Improving organizational support, nurse-physician communication, and career pathways is essential.
Findings support the development of targeted nursing management strategies to alleviate burnout and enhance nursing quality and team stability.