Proceedings of the 2025 3rd International Academic Conference on Management Innovation and Economic Development (MIED 2025)

From Individual to Society: A Study on the Factors Influencing Job Burnout among Hand Surgery Nurses Based on the Grounded Theory ——— A Case Study of Hospital J in C City

Authors
Kaifu Bai1, *
1HELP University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: 826365869@qq.com
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Kaifu Bai
Available Online 17 September 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-835-6_75How to use a DOI?
Keywords
job burnout; nurse; hand surgery; qualitative research; influence factors
Abstract

Objective This study was conducted to explore the influences of burnout among hand surgery nurses in Hospital J of City C through qualitative research. Methods A quota sampling method was used to select 11 hand surgery nurses for structured interviews in Hospital J, C city. Two nurses were tested for saturation. A second researcher reviewed the coding. Results A total of 162 open codes,12 axial codes, and 4 selective codes were extracted. Conclusion Burnout influences included organizational, occupational, social, and individual dimensions with a total of 12 factors. Individual dimension includes physical exhaustion, emotional recall, and individual aspirations-reality conflict. The occupational dimension includes career development stress, stress related to occupational clients (patients and their families) work stress, and invisible job-related stressors. Organizational dimensions include colleague relationships, reward systems, work environments, and extra-conventional requirements. The social dimension includes nurse-patient conflict.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 3rd International Academic Conference on Management Innovation and Economic Development (MIED 2025)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
17 September 2025
ISBN
978-94-6463-835-6
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-835-6_75How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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