Nurse Educators

Abstract

Background: Professional quality of life (ProQoL) is the balance between compassion satisfaction (CS) and compassion fatigue (CF). The experience of CF results from secondary traumatic stress stemming from compassionate caregiving and burnout.Purpose: This study sought to identify the ProQoL of nurse educators and what conditions for work effectiveness affect this ProQoL.Methods: An email survey link was sent to nurse educators from the northeastern region of the United States asking for participation. This included demographics, the ProQoL Version 5, and the Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire version II (CWEQ-II). Results: The 211 nurse educators reported relatively high CS and relatively low burnout and secondary traumatic stress. When the measures of the CWEQ-II increased, so did their CS. In addition, as the measures of the CWEQ-II increased, their secondary traumatic stress and burnout decreased. Conclusions: Findings suggest that conditions for work effectiveness such as access to opportunity, resources, information, support, and formal and informal power have a relationship to the nurse educator's ProQoL.

Predictive and Associated Factors of Burnout in Nursing Faculty

“…Some participants indicated that work takes up all of their time, including working and nonworking hours 15. Dissatisfaction with work-life balance correlates with an increase in multiple dimensions of burnout, including emotional exhaustion, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress 10,21,22. Flynn and Ironside17 reported that participants dissatisfied with work-life balance were more than 6 times more likely to feel burnout than their counterparts who reported satisfaction with work-life balance.…”

“…Several correlations between higher salaries and increased burnout were reported 10,17,21. The average salary of master's-prepared nurse educators is $87 325 compared with the average salary of $120 000 for similarly educated advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) 3.…”

“…9 Several correlations between lower salaries and increased burnout were reported. 10,17,21 The average salary of master's-prepared nurse educators is $87 325 compared with the average salary of $120 000 for similarly educated advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). 3 When nursing schools were asked why they were facing difficulties recruiting new faculty, 34.4% indicated it was due to the inability to offer a competitive salary.…”

A National Qualitative Study of Work-Life Balance in Prelicensure Nursing Faculty

“…Herzberg et al (1955) noted that leaders who were continuously critical of employees and leaders who kept the work environment operating smoothly evoked strong emotions from employees. In a study focused on the professional quality of life among nursing faculty, Ruth-Sahd and Grim (2020) identified that administrators and nursing faculty could work together to mitigate the increased demands of the nursing faculty role. Working relationships between administrators and nursing faculty are essential, and faculty need to feel supported and respected.…”

“…These protective mechanisms were used by nursing faculty to manage their time with their families or provide self-care. Self-care was identified in the related literature as necessary for nursing faculty (Farber et al, 2020; Owens, 2017) to facilitate rejuvenation and decrease compassion fatigue (Ruth-Sahd & Grim, 2020).…”