2021
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9010046
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Are Your Vitals OK? Revitalizing Vitality of Nurses through Relational Caring for Patients

Abstract: This study offers an alternative approach to address on-going concerns about burnout of healthcare employees. Departing from the existing job-demand based approach proposing that healthcare employees’ burnout can be resolved by reducing demands, we theorize that patient-centered prosocial behavior, even if it often increases job demands, could serve as potential job resources that fuel positive energy to vitalize nurses at work. We further theorize that this possibility could be more pronounced among a group o… Show more

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“…There is also evidence that people who informally help others experience positive mental states associated with psychological well-being, good health, and longevity [10][11][12]. In professional practice, prosocial behaviors toward patients allow nurses to feel less fatigue and work with greater vitality, despite the heavy workload [13]. On the other hand, adolescents with low prosocial behavior associated with relationship callous traits lead to greater self-reported mental health difficulties in young adulthood [14].…”
Section: Prosocial Behaviors and Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is also evidence that people who informally help others experience positive mental states associated with psychological well-being, good health, and longevity [10][11][12]. In professional practice, prosocial behaviors toward patients allow nurses to feel less fatigue and work with greater vitality, despite the heavy workload [13]. On the other hand, adolescents with low prosocial behavior associated with relationship callous traits lead to greater self-reported mental health difficulties in young adulthood [14].…”
Section: Prosocial Behaviors and Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous studies have offered some rationale for how and why individuals are satisfied with their jobs, when their motivations are based upon prosocial motives and altruism [37,38]. For example, people are satisfied with their jobs when their jobs allow them to express some important elements of themselves, including their core values and beliefs about work [24].…”
Section: Public Service Motivation: a Eudaimonic Approach To Job Sati...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, having appropriate job resources enables employees to be committed to their work and achieve work performance [ 15 ]. Meanwhile, job resources mitigate the undesirable effects of job demands on employees [ 16 ]. For the high-technology industry, the rapid technological advances drive organizations to constantly search for product innovation [ 17 , 18 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%