Academic burnout in nursing students: An explanatory sequential design

Abstract

The experience of burnout is usually accompanied by a range of emotional responses and experiences including emotional exhaustion, feelings of cynicism, and low professional efficacy (Maslach & Leiter, 2008;Schaufeli et al., 2002).The experience of burnout influences workers from many different fields, but healthcare workers and nursing students, in particular, are exceedingly at risk of burnout (Galdino et al., 2020). Higher education systems are often accompanied by different levels of stress (Ali-Abadi et al., 2020) that can often lead to academic burnout in students (Ríos-Risquez et al., 2016). Because of this stress, medical students may feel exhausted or ineffective in their studies, which can lead to further feelings of burnout (Liu et al., 2018). Nursing education encountered critical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including changes to clinical placements and online classes-which have been found to influence burnout levels in students (Sveinsdóttir et al., 2021).Evidence demonstrates that burnout leads to harmful consequences (Galdino et al., 2020), such as negative effects on the

Factors Associated with Nursing Students’ Academic Burnout.

“…Students who are struggling with academic burnout often exhibit a concerning shift in their academic behavior [5,9]. The authors also stated that students may become disengaged, demonstrating a lack of interest in attending classes or pursuing academic activities altogether.…”

Social support in class and learning burnout among Chinese EFL learners in higher education: Are academic buoyancy and class level important?

“…Although a body of research on learning burnout has concentrated on medical and nursing students (Ghods et al, 2023 ; Wang et al, 2022 ), the fact that EFL learners are susceptible to burnout has attracted growing interest in recent years (Karimi & Fallah, 2021 ; Yang et al, 2022b ). Some researchers have argued that second/foreign language learning is inherently and psychologically unsetting (Guiora, 1983 ), which involves common apprehension and anxiety associated with language input and output, constant classroom interactions and evaluations (Sakai & Kikuchi, 2009 ), and potential threats to learners’ self-concept (Horwitz & Young, 1991 ), and higher or accumulation of which may cause burnout.…”

Evolution and Treatment of Academic Burnout in Nursing Students: A Systematic Review

“…These feelings can affect learning ability and academic performance [ 8 ]. In the case of nursing students, the risk is even greater since they have overexerted themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 9 ].…”