Burnout among nursing staff in three Scandinavian countries: A literature review
Rognstadbråten, Marte (2019)
Rognstadbråten, Marte
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019051610127
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019051610127
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This literature review aimed to identify the causes of burnout among Scandinavian nurses. Further, its aim was to look into the current available intervention methods available in these three countries, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The goal of this study was to identify any gaps in our current knowledge of burnout in this location. The review was led by the three following questions: 1) What are the risk factors or causes for burnout among nursing staff in Scandinavia? 2) How do these Scandinavian countries compare to each other? 3) How does the Scandinavia prevent burnout among nursing staff? 12 articles were reviewed by using a thematic analytic approach. The articles origin were limited to the Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and they were all a maximum of 10 years old. The theoretical frame for this study was Maslach’s multidimensional theory of burnout and Demerouti’s job demands-resources model.
The findings of this review indicated a clear relationship between job demands and job resources to burnout. The results revealed that protective factors may serve as resources against demands which cause burnout. Further, organizational interventions proved the least successful in this study. Little is known about burnout specifically to Scandinavia as a location. Future studies should focus on protective factors as resources, organizational interventions and the prevention of burnout from an organizational perspective. It will be in particular interest to gain an understanding in which organizational factors prevent nurses from working autonomously.
The findings of this review indicated a clear relationship between job demands and job resources to burnout. The results revealed that protective factors may serve as resources against demands which cause burnout. Further, organizational interventions proved the least successful in this study. Little is known about burnout specifically to Scandinavia as a location. Future studies should focus on protective factors as resources, organizational interventions and the prevention of burnout from an organizational perspective. It will be in particular interest to gain an understanding in which organizational factors prevent nurses from working autonomously.