Nursing teachers' job burnout and teaching ability: The mediating role of social support based on the Person-Context interaction theory.

Great attention has been attached to the quality of nursing along with the development of medical treatment, which gives rise to the higher demand for colleges to cultivate high-quality nursing students, as well as the higher standard for teaching performance of the nursing faculty. This study aimed to investigate the effect of teachers' job burnout on teaching ability among nursing teachers in Chinese colleges and to examine the mediating role of social support in this relationship based on the Person-context interaction theory. A cross-sectional descriptive design has been adopted. From February to June 2021, a total of 416 Chinese nursing teachers from 27 colleges filled out the questionnaires with a response rate of 97.42%. The questionnaire included general demographic questionnaire, teaching ability in nursing scale, teacher burnout scale and social support scale. The data were analyzed by SPSS26.0 statistical software in terms of Pearson's correlation the Structural Equation Model (SEM) was adopted to test the mediating effect of social support between job burnout and teaching ability in nursing of nursing teachers using Mplus 8.3. Job burnout of nursing teachers was negatively and significantly correlated with the teaching ability in nursing and social support (p < 0.01). And Structural Equation Model results showed that social support mediated the relationship between teacher burnout and teaching ability in nursing. Social support could help nursing teachers manage their job burnout, and eventually help them overcome the negative impact of teachers' job burnout on teaching ability in nursing. Social support could promote the teaching ability of nursing teachers by playing an intermediary role between them. Practice points The teaching ability of nursing teachers is related to the cultivation of nursing students and it is particularly important to attach importance to and improve their teaching ability in practical teaching. Person-context interaction theory provide a favorable theoretical framework to explore how variables such as individual factors (teacher job burnout) and external factors (social support) affect nursing teachers' teaching ability. Nursing teachers' job burnout can affect their teaching ability, which requires attention from educators. Social support plays a mediating role between teachers' job burnout and teaching ability, and educators should attach importance to the role of social support. To help nursing educators in colleges overcome the negative effects of job burnout, we should fully utilize the role of social support and develop their ability in nursing teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]