Trends Identified in Studies of Burnout among Visiting Nurses in Japan
10.2185/jjrm.65.729
- VernacularTitle:日本における訪問看護師のバーンアウト研究の動向と課題
- Author:
Shigeko SHIBATA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
2016;65(4):729-737
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
This study investigated the factors identified to date in research related to burnout among visiting (home care) nurses and hospital nurses in efforts to help prevent burnout among visiting nurses. “Nursing”, “visiting nursing”, and “burnout” were used as keywords in a search of the Japan Medical Abstract Society database. Eight studies on visiting nursing were identified. The relevant factors for burnout among visiting nurses that have been identified so far are personal factors, work environment, human relations within the workplace and training systems, factors outside of the workplace, personal perceptions such as a sense of responsibility and burden which are thought to derive from these factors, and communication technology. Given these findings, to prevent burnout, it is important to establish a system that 1) enables nurses to work efficiently so that the physical burden from excess labor is lessened, 2) provides a work environment that reduces excessive burden and responsibility, and 3) recognizes nurses’ duties and growth and takes a positive approach to visiting nursing. It will be necessary to create more definitive preventive measures through further research based on the characteristics and difficulties of home nursing and a thorough understanding of the relationship between the relevant factors.
