Resilience, Occupational Burnout, and Parenting Stress in Nurses Caring for COVID-2019 Patients

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Abstract Background: Caring of patients with corona virus infection disease may have had an impact on the occupational burnout, resilience, and parenting of the nurses. Purpose: Evaluation occupational burnout, resilience, and parenting stress in nurses caring for COVID 2019 patients.Methods: This cross-sectional study is based on strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology statement. A total of 630 nurses caring for COVID 2019 patients in 5 hospitals were selected via convenience sampling. Participants completed the scales online. Data were analyzed in SPSS v. 22.Results: A total of 420 nurses completed and returned the questionnaires. Occupational burnout has a negative correlation with resilience and a positive correlation with parenting stress and can predict 61.32% of changes in the occupational burnout variance of nurses. Conclusion: Resilience, parenting stress, marital status, number of children, employment status, and gender predicated high percentage of the nurses’ occupational burnout variance. The nurse managers should use these findings to provide appropriate environments for nurses, to develop more comprehensive plans in support of nurses for the current and future crises.