TY - JOUR
T1 - A national study of personal accomplishment, burnout, and satisfaction with work-life integration among advance practice nurses relative to other workers
AU - Dyrbye, Liselotte N.
AU - West, Colin P.
AU - Kelsey, Elizabeth A.
AU - Gossard, Andrea A.
AU - Satele, Daniel
AU - Shanafelt, Tait
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/11/23
Y1 - 2021/11/23
N2 - Background:There is a high prevalence of burnout among health care professionals, but little remains known about burnout and satisfaction with work-life integration (WLI) among advance practice nurses (APNs).Purpose:To evaluate burnout and satisfaction with WLI among APNs compared with other US workers.Methods:A national sample of APNs and a probability-based sample of US workers completed a survey that measured burnout and satisfaction with WLI.Results:Of the 976 (47%) APNs who completed the survey 64% had high personal accomplishment, 36.6% had symptoms of overall burnout, and 60.6% were satisfied with their WLI. In multivariable analysis, work hours (for each additional hour odds ratio [OR] 1.03, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02-1.04, p <.001) and working in an outpatient setting (overall p =.03; referent hospital: outpatient, OR 1.80, 95% CI 1.17-2.18; other/unknown, OR 1.41, 95% CI 0.90-2.22, p =.13) were independently associated with having higher odds of burnout. Work hours were also independently associated with lower odds of satisfaction with WLI (for each additional hour OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.94-0.95, p <.001). Advance practice nurses were not more likely to have burnout or have greater struggles with WLI than other workers.Implications for practice:Findings from this study suggest APNs have high levels of personal accomplishment and a favorable occupational health profile. Advance practice nurses do not appear at higher risk of burnout or dissatisfaction with WLI than other US workers.
AB - Background:There is a high prevalence of burnout among health care professionals, but little remains known about burnout and satisfaction with work-life integration (WLI) among advance practice nurses (APNs).Purpose:To evaluate burnout and satisfaction with WLI among APNs compared with other US workers.Methods:A national sample of APNs and a probability-based sample of US workers completed a survey that measured burnout and satisfaction with WLI.Results:Of the 976 (47%) APNs who completed the survey 64% had high personal accomplishment, 36.6% had symptoms of overall burnout, and 60.6% were satisfied with their WLI. In multivariable analysis, work hours (for each additional hour odds ratio [OR] 1.03, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02-1.04, p <.001) and working in an outpatient setting (overall p =.03; referent hospital: outpatient, OR 1.80, 95% CI 1.17-2.18; other/unknown, OR 1.41, 95% CI 0.90-2.22, p =.13) were independently associated with having higher odds of burnout. Work hours were also independently associated with lower odds of satisfaction with WLI (for each additional hour OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.94-0.95, p <.001). Advance practice nurses were not more likely to have burnout or have greater struggles with WLI than other workers.Implications for practice:Findings from this study suggest APNs have high levels of personal accomplishment and a favorable occupational health profile. Advance practice nurses do not appear at higher risk of burnout or dissatisfaction with WLI than other US workers.
KW - Burnout
KW - nurse anesthetist; nurse midwives
KW - nurse practitioners
KW - professional
KW - work-life balance
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U2 - 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000517
DO - 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000517
M3 - Article
C2 - 33105317
AN - SCOPUS:85112171881
SN - 2327-6886
VL - 33
SP - 896
EP - 906
JO - Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
JF - Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
IS - 11
ER -