Factors Affecting Psychological Burnout in Nurses Caring for Terminal Cancer Patients

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to investigate the impacts of end-of-life care competency and ethical dilemmas on psychological burnout in nurses who care for terminal cancer patients.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of 160 nurses who cared for terminal cancer patients was conducted. The participants were recruited from the hospice-palliative care wards, hematology or oncology wards, or intensive care units of three general hospitals in a single metropolitan area. Data were collected using a self-administered survey to assess end-of-life care competency, ethical dilemmas, psychological burnout, and general sociodemographic characteristics. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the independent t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarch

SUBMITTER: Seo N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10179995 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature