Correlation between burnout and professional value in Chinese oncology nurses:A questionnaire survey

Objective:To investigate the relationship between job burnout and professional value in oncology nurses.Methods:The Maslach Burnout Inventory(MBI)and the Nurse Professional Values Scale(NPVS)were administered to nurses(n=328)at the Cancer Hospital of Jiangsu Province,China,and the correlation between job burnout and professional value was calculated.Results:The scores(mean±standard deviation)of emotional exhaustion(25.32±12.37),depersonalization(6.93±5.28),and personal accomplishment(30.25±8.96)were measured,indicating a high level of burnout among oncology nurses.Also measured,were the four domains of professional value:caring(36.39±5.73),actionist(21.17±4.85),responsibility freedom and safety(17.95±2.96),and reliability(11.44±1.98).Job burnout and caring were positively correlated(p<0.01),suggesting that caring was the number one concern of oncology nurses.Clinical implication:The prevalence of job burnout in oncology nurses is high,and this could be improved by increasing perception of professional value.It is urgent for managers to strengthen professional value education and to take strategies that reduce job burnout,which is important for the overall quality and safety of nursing.

The impact of individualized care after artificial knee replacement surgery for patients with valgus deformity of the knee

Objective:To evaluate the perioperative nursing of total knee arthroplasty for patients with valgus deformity of the knee.Methods:Seventy-six patients who underwent surgical treatment were enrolled in the study from March 2014 to March 2018.The patients in the control group were treated with routine nursing.The experimental group was treated not only with routine nursing but also with health education,psychological care,family social support,and other nursing intervention.Hospital for special surgery and Pittsburgh sleep quality index were used to evaluate the effect of nursing intervention on patients after operation.Results:All the index scores of the experimental group were lower than those of the control group(P<0.05),indicating that the function of the diseased limb and the patient's sleep status improved significantly after the intervention.Conclusions:Individualized nursing can improve the recovery of limb function and improve the patients'quality of life.It is very effective for nurses to implement individualized nursing measures for patients after surgery.