Aging and Burnout for Nurses in an Acute Care Setting: The First Wave of COVID-19

Author:

Beier Margaret E.1ORCID,Cockerham Mona2,Branson Sandy3,Boss Lisa4

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA

2. School of Nursing, Sam Houston State University, The Woodlands, TX 77380, USA

3. Cizik School of Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center, UT-Health, Houston, TX 77355, USA

4. School of Nursing, Tarleton State University, Fort Worth, TX 76402, USA

Abstract

We examined the relationship between age, coping, and burnout during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic with nurses in Texas (N = 376). Nurses were recruited through a professional association and snowball sampling methodology for the cross-sectional survey study. Framed in lifespan development theories, we expected that nurse age and experience would be positively correlated with positive coping strategies (e.g., getting emotional support from others) and negatively correlated with negative coping strategies (e.g., drinking and drug use). We also expected age to be negatively related to the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization facets of burnout and positively related to the personal accomplishment facet of burnout. Findings were largely supported in that age was positively associated with positive coping and personal accomplishment and age and experience were negatively correlated with negative coping and depersonalization. Age was not, however, associated with emotional exhaustion. Mediation models further suggest that coping explains some of the effect of age on burnout. A theoretical extension of lifespan development models into an extreme environment and practical implications for coping in these environments are discussed.

Funder

Sam Houston State University

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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