Korean J Adult Nurs.  2022 Apr;34(2):196-204. 10.7475/kjan.2022.34.2.196.

Moderating Effect of Nursing Organizational Culture on the Relationship between Verbal Violence and Burnout in Operating Room Nurses

• Lim S
• Shin S

• KMID: 2529696
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7475/kjan.2022.34.2.196

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to provide the fundamental data for improving working environments for operating room nurses as well as the quality of surgical nursing.
Methods
Study participants were 95 operating room nurses with at least three months of work experience in general and tertiary hospitals in S and G provinces. Data were collected from October 2021 to November 2021 using a structured questionnaire. Results: Factors affecting the participants’ burnout were verbal violence (β=.23, p=.007), the self-perceived health status “not healthy” (β=.21, p=.009), and job satisfaction: “dissatisfied” (β=.34, p<.001) and “moderate” (β=.44, p<.001). Work-oriented nursing organizational culture (β=.26, p=.007) had a moderating effect on the relationship between verbal violence and burnout.
Conclusion
The results indicated that the verbal violence experienced by the participants affected their burnout, and work-oriented nursing organizational culture acted as a moderating variable.Therefore, a hospital’s organizational efforts to reduce verbal violence in the operating room and develop a well-balanced nursing organizational culture must be aimed at lowering nurse burnout.

Keyword

Violence; Burnout; psychological; Organizational culture; Operating room nursing