Adding team therapist linked to improvement in job satisfaction, burnout, resilience<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
By Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter<\/b>
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TUESDAY, May 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For nurses in critical care areas, adding a team therapist can reduce burnout and improve resilience, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2025 International Conference, held from May 18 to 21 in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
Julie Graham, Ph.D., from the San Diego State University School of Nursing, and colleagues examined nurses’ utilization of a team therapist compared to other types of available support. Job satisfaction, burnout, resiliency, and self-efficacy were examined as outcome measures. The study included 116 nurses (78 percent female), with a mean of 12 years of experience.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that the intervention was associated with improvement in job satisfaction, burnout, and resiliency. Time spent with the onsite team therapist significantly impacted nurses’ self-efficacy compared with outside help. Years of experience, shift (day versus night), role (clinical versus nonclinical), gender, or ethnicity had no significant relationship with burnout, resilience, or job satisfaction.<\/p>\n
“It’s very, very expensive to replace a nurse who decides to leave the intensive care unit, so when you have high turnover that can be incredibly costly to the organization,” Graham said in a statement.<\/p>\n