Modifiable Protective Strategies and System-Level Predictors of Professional Quality of Life in Oncology Nurses: A Secondary Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Oncology nurses experience heightened risk for burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS) due to sustained exposure to patient suffering, high mortality, and emotionally demanding care. These challenges are multifactorial, and limited research has examined modifiable protective factors or system-level predictors that support nurses' well-being.

Objective

To identify relationships among emotional well-being, protective strategies, and professional quality of life, and to examine modifiable predictors of burnout, STS, and compassion satisfaction in oncology nurses.

Methods

This secondary analysis drew from baseline quantitative and qualitative data collected in two feasibility studies of the Storytelling Through Music intervention for oncology nurs

SUBMITTER: Phillips CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12722642 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature