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Keywords

nurse, burnout

Disciplines

Nursing

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Over the past few years, the demand for nurses has significantly increased. The Hospitals were often at full capacity while also facing staffing shortages. During this time, many experienced nurses retired, and the pool of new nurse applicants was insufficient to fill the gaps. As a result, existing nursing staff were left to manage increasing workloads, contributing to a surge in nurse burnout and a rise in compassion fatigue especially within oncology units.

Given these challenges, we believe that encouraging time off or vacation could serve as an effective intervention to support the mental health of oncology nurses.

  • In De la Fuente-Solana et al, multiple dimensions of burnout were assessed, low, medium, high. This study concludes that individual personality plays a key role in burnout. "Nurses are more likely to develop emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and feelings of little personal accomplishment if they present high levels of neuroticism and low one of friendliness and responsibility."
  • In Pang et al,, physicians and nurses in the oncology field were surveyed. "Both physicians (91.9%) and nurses (89.8%) rated increasing paid vacation as the most priority strategy to prevent burnout

Among Oncology Nurses, how does taking vacation time off versus not taking time off impact their mental health?

Publication Date

5-2025

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Nurses Week at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, May 6-12, 2025.

Oncology Nurse Burnout

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