Date
7-15-2024
Department
School of Nursing
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Chair
Cynthia Goodrich
Keywords
wellness, culture, nurse, burnout, well-being, organization, environment
Disciplines
Nursing
Recommended Citation
Vance, Rebekah Lillian, "The Price We Pay: An Integrative Review Exploring the Effects of Wellness Culture on Nurse Burnout Rates" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5780.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5780
Abstract
The purpose of this integrative review is to identify cultural factors contributing to nurse burnout and to explore the strategies and effectiveness of wellness culture and cultural changes on nurse burnout rates. Nurse burnout has been attributed to a myriad of factors and has been identified in nursing since the 1970s. While other professions with similar burnout issues have investigated and implemented culture-wide changes to address burnout, nursing has remained stagnant in the field of burnout research, often applying single interventions that fall short of creating significant, lasting change. An integrative review of nursing, peer-reviewed literature was conducted in an electronic database for the years 2019-2024. The Pubmed, MEDLINE Ultimate, and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases were searched using the combined keywords “wellness” AND “culture” AND “burnout” AND “nurse.” Seven articles met the inclusion criteria. Findings suggest that there are many variations to the definition of wellness culture and no consensus about labeling it as such. The research supports a systemic change toward the use of cultures focused on nurse well-being that is integrated across all aspects of care via organizational policies, mission statements, safety metrics, and resources to maintain the well-being of nurses.
