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Prevalence & Organizational Causes of Burnout Among Racial Minority RNs Working in Nursing Homes [Poster Title]
Abstract
Purpose Statement: There is an ongoing increase rate of growth in the older adult population, ages 65 and above in the United States. In 2020, 1.4 million (2.5%) older adults, including racial minorities, lived in nursing homes (Caplan & Rabe, 2023). This growth necessitates increased nursing care that could be provided by registered nurses (RNs) who are already understaffed, overworked, and burned out in diverse care settings (Dall’Ora et al., 2020), especially nursing homes.
Burnout affects 62% of nurses and has adverse consequences on patient safety, outcomes, satisfaction, and nurses’ health (ANA, n.d.; Jun et al., 2021). Nurse burnout have been widely studied, however, studies that focused on racial minority RNs who work in nursing homes are rare. This study examines the prevalence of burnout and contributing organizational factors among these RNs.
Methods: A cross-sectional design and descriptive statistics will be employed to implement this study. Data will be collected from interested registered nurses working in nursing homes nationwide using demographic, burnout, and practice environment instruments via an online survey. Analyses will be conducted using the IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences.
Implications: Older adults deserve quality care and maintenance of their physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. Healthy nurses provide care that positively affects patient outcomes while inadequate RNs staffing have a deleterious health effect on vulnerable older adults (Cho et al., 2023). This study is significant for improving care of older adults; alleviate staffing shortage; help with retention; reduce costs; increase care access and reduce health disparities among racial minority older adults who would benefit from a diverse workforce.
Notes
References:
1. American Nurses Association. (n.d.). What is nurse burnout? How to prevent it? https://www.nursingworld.org/content-hub/resources/workplace/what-is-nurse-burnout-how-to-prevent-it/
2. Caplan, Z., & Rabe, M. (2023). The older population: 2020 Census briefs. https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2023/decennial/c2020br-07.html
3. Cho, E., Min, D., Heo, S.-J., Lee, K., & Kim, H. (2023). Effects of registered nurses’ staffing levels, work environment and education levels on nursing home residents’ quality of life and nurse outcomes. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32(17/18), 6494-6503. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16689
4. Dall’Ora, C., Ball, J., Reinius, M., & Griffiths, P. (2020). Burnout in nursing: A theoretical review. Human Resources for Health, 18(41). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-00469-9
5. Jun, J., Ojemeni, M. M., Kalamani, R., Tong, J., & Crecelius, M. L. (2021). Relationship between nurse burnout, patient and organizational outcomes: Systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 119. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.103933
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Theta Upsilon
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Cross-Sectional
Research Approach
Other
Keywords:
Long-term Care, DEI/BIPOC, Stress and Coping, Burnout, Registered Nurses
Recommended Citation
Omotowa, Omotayo Omobola, "Burnout among Racial Minority Registered Nurses Working in Nursing Homes" (2025). International Nursing Research Congress (INRC). 204.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2025/posters_2025/204
Conference Name
36th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Conference Year
2025
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Proxy-submission
Funder(s)
Idaho State University College of Health
Burnout among Racial Minority Registered Nurses Working in Nursing Homes
Seattle, Washington, USA
Purpose Statement: There is an ongoing increase rate of growth in the older adult population, ages 65 and above in the United States. In 2020, 1.4 million (2.5%) older adults, including racial minorities, lived in nursing homes (Caplan & Rabe, 2023). This growth necessitates increased nursing care that could be provided by registered nurses (RNs) who are already understaffed, overworked, and burned out in diverse care settings (Dall’Ora et al., 2020), especially nursing homes.
Burnout affects 62% of nurses and has adverse consequences on patient safety, outcomes, satisfaction, and nurses’ health (ANA, n.d.; Jun et al., 2021). Nurse burnout have been widely studied, however, studies that focused on racial minority RNs who work in nursing homes are rare. This study examines the prevalence of burnout and contributing organizational factors among these RNs.
Methods: A cross-sectional design and descriptive statistics will be employed to implement this study. Data will be collected from interested registered nurses working in nursing homes nationwide using demographic, burnout, and practice environment instruments via an online survey. Analyses will be conducted using the IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences.
Implications: Older adults deserve quality care and maintenance of their physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. Healthy nurses provide care that positively affects patient outcomes while inadequate RNs staffing have a deleterious health effect on vulnerable older adults (Cho et al., 2023). This study is significant for improving care of older adults; alleviate staffing shortage; help with retention; reduce costs; increase care access and reduce health disparities among racial minority older adults who would benefit from a diverse workforce.
Description
This study examines the prevalence and organizational factors causing burnout among racial minority RNs working in nursing homes. Burnout adversely affects RNs and older adult nursing home residents’ health and care. There are very few burnout studies on racial minority RNs working in nursing homes. This study fills the gap by focusing on burnout among these nurses and setting. Using cross-sectional design and online survey, data will be collected from RNs and analyzed with statistical software.