The relationship between the COVID-19 burnout levels of nurses and their holistic nursing competence: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT

This cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the relationship between the COVID-19 burnout levels of nurses and their holistic nursing competence. The data were collected from 468 nurses working in a hospital between 1 August 2021-9 September 2021 by using a Sociodemographic Information Form, the COVID-19 Burnout Scale(BCV-19S), the Holistic Nursing Competence Scale(HNCS). The mean scores on the total BCV-19S and HNCS were 36.36(9.51) and 194.27(35.71),respectively. It was found that the mean score on the total BCV-19S was significantly higher in nurses worked ≥ 51 hours a week on average, worked in the COVID-19 pandemic unit (p < 0.05). The mean score of nurses who worked ≤ 40 hours a week on average on the total HNCS was significantly higher (p < 0.05). In this study, it was determined that nurses’ COVID-19 burnout levels and holistic nursing competence were high. Nurses’ COVID-19 burnout levels positively affected their holistic nursing competence.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19
• burnout
• holistic nursing
• competence
• care

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the nurses who volunteered to participate in this study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Ethical approval

This study received ethics committee approval from the Kafkas University Faculty of Health Sciences, Non-Interventional Research Ethics Committee (date of approval: 2 April 2021; approval number: 81829502.903/158). This study was performed according to the Helsinki Declaration.

CRediT authorship contribution statement

Design of the study: NAS, DB; Data collection: NAS; Analysis and interpretation of data: NAS, DB; Study supervision: NAS, DB; Manuscript writing: NAS, DB; Critical revision of the article: NAS, DB.