"It's hard to keep giving emotionally when you're so tired": a qualitative study of burnout among nurses in the haemodialysis unit of a teaching hospital in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The global burden of chronic kidney disease, which has been exacerbated by the high number of patients requiring dialysis to sustain their lives. This makes the dialysis units a high-pressure unit prone to severe burnout. Nurses are particularly prone to burnout due to the demanding nature of their roles, combined with administrative burdens, staffing shortages, and organisational constraints. However, there is a dearth of studies examining burnout among nurses in dialysis units in resource-constrained settings.

Aim

The study explored burnout among nurses working in the dialysis unit of a Teaching Hospital, Ghana.

Methods

A facility-based descriptive qualitative study research design was used to collect data from ten purposively selected nurses working in

SUBMITTER: Nyande FK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12523017 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature