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Workplace bullying is common among nurses and negatively affects several work-related variables, such as job burnout and job satisfaction. However, no study until now has examined the impact of workplace bullying on quiet quitting among nurses. Thus, our aim was to examine the direct effect of workplace bullying on quiet quitting and to investigate the mediating effect of coping strategies on the relationship between workplace bullying and quiet quitting in nurses. We conducted a cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of 650 nurses in Greece. We collected our data in February 2024. We used the Negative Acts Questionnaire—Revised, the Quiet Quitting Scale, and the Brief COPE to measure workplace bullying, quiet quitting, and coping strategies, respectively. We found that workplace bullying and negative coping strategies were positive predictors of quiet quitting, while positive coping strategies were negative predictors of quiet quitting. Our mediation analysis showed that positive and negative coping strategies partially mediated the relationship between workplace bullying and quiet quitting. In particular, positive coping strategies caused competitive mediation, while negative coping strategies caused complimentary mediation. Nurses' managers and policy makers should improve working conditions by reducing workplace bullying and strengthening positive coping strategies among nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses have experienced several psychological and work-related issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, including pandemic burnout and job burnout. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of social support and resilience on COVID-19 pandemic burnout and job burnout among nurses. We conducted a cross-sectional study in Greece. The study population included 963 nurses. We measured social support, resilience, COVID-19 pandemic burnout, and job burnout with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Brief Resilience Scale, COVID-19 Burnout Scale, and Single-Item Burnout Measure, respectively. Nurses received high levels of social support, while their resilience was moderate. Additionally, nurses experienced moderate levels of COVID-19 burnout and job burnout. Increased social support and increased resilience were associated with reduced COVID-19 pandemic burnout. We found a negative relationship between social support and job burnout. A similar negative relationship was found between resilience and job burnout. Social support and resilience can act as protective factors against COVID-19 pandemic burnout and job burnout among nurses. Policy makers should develop and implement appropriate strategies to improve nurses' social support and resilience since they are the backbone of healthcare systems worldwide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As turnover intention is a strong determinant of actual turnover behavior, scholars should identify the determinants of turnover intention. In this context, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of quiet quitting on nurses' turnover intentions. Additionally, this study examined the impact of several demographic and job characteristics on turnover intention. A cross-sectional study with 629 nurses in Greece was conducted. The data were collected in September 2023. Quiet quitting was measured with the "Quiet Quitting" scale. In this study, 60.9% of nurses were considered quiet quitters, while 40.9% experienced high levels of turnover intention. Multivariable regression analysis showed that higher levels of quiet quitting increased turnover intention. Moreover, this study found that turnover intention was higher among females, shift workers, nurses in the private sector, and those who considered their workplace understaffed. Also, clinical experience was associated positively with turnover intention. Since quiet quitting affects turnover intention, organizations, policymakers, and managers should address this issue to improve nurses' intentions to stay at their jobs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The pandemic COVID-19 has a significant psychological impact and poses a risk for high levels of stress and burnout in healthcare professionals, especially nurses. Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the levels of stress and burnout among Greek nurses working in COVID-19 units/clinics. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of this study consisting of 102 nurses working in Covid-19 clinics/units. Snowball sampling was used. The research instrument used was a questionnaire, specifically the Expanded Nursing Stress Scale was used to assess nurses' stress and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory was used to assess burnout. Results: It was found that since the begging of pandemia, Greek nurses working in COVID-19 units/clinics have slightly high levels of stress, compared to their pre-epidemic Covid-19 work in various other units/clinics and the most stressful situations are contact with death, uncertainty about treatment outcome, stressful situations related to interactions with patients and their families and the workload. Greek nurses in these units/clinics, were also found to have high levels of burnout, than previously had. At the same time, this study found that there is a correlation between stress and burnout and that demographic characteristics are not related to stress and burnout levels of Greek nurses. Conclusions: Given the high levels of stress and burnout, it seems appropriate to develop strategies to reduce these negative emotions in nurses and increase their psychological resilience and job satisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: This systematic review aims at presenting the moral impasse factors on health professionals in times of crisis such as pandemic covid-19 but also in the wider framework of the last decade and seeking enhancement methods of mental resilience. Methodology: The sources searched were based primarily on literature Pubmed database. Keywords such as "moral impasse", "mental resilience", "moral distress" and "covid-19" were used. The articles found, without timing, were 102 and here 13 were used. Inclusion criteria were the statistical representation, conclusions were presented additionally coupled with Covid-19 era and moral impasse and the creation of emotional resilience in healthcare sector according to the most recent studies. Results: Factors that contribute to healthcare workers' moral burnout are categorized into three classes: internal factors, external and clinical conditions. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 revealed new factors for instance the availability and management of limited resources, the lack of protection for themselves and their loved ones, the time and critical cases management, the end of life care, the communication skills between colleagues, the infections' prevention and the imposition of new health protocols, which, added to already existing areas though. Analysis of factors and address them leads to the need for mental resilience enhancement of healthcare providers, which can be carried out at individual, interpersonal, but mainly in administrative-organizational level. Conclusion: The essential and foremost interventions pertain to the perception of ethical problems by the health administration at the time, the provision of understanding and solidarity to the clinical caregivers and their inclusion in the decision-making process but also the common response of the ethical issues that arise in the health sector both in times of crisis and in more general terms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]