Nurse burnout is a critical concern in the delivery of quality healthcare services. Exhaustion causes nurse burnout in the clinical setting and reduces the nurses’ energy and motivation to provide health services. The research study aims to determine the significance of evidence-based practice (EBP) in mitigating nurse burnout in acute healthcare facilities. EBP training and education is a practical intervention that can mitigate nurse burnout in hospitals.
The study will collect dependent and independent variables to determine the impact of EBP on nurse burnout. Nurse burnout will be the conditional variable because it is the outcome of the research study. The autonomous variables represent the factors manipulated or changed to influence the dependent variable. The dominant variables in the research include evidence-based practice training and education attributes. EBP training and education allow nurse practitioners to achieve a sense of accomplishment and reduce burnout (Melnyk et al., 2018). EBP enhances nurse practitioners’ skills in managing patient logistics, such as admission, discharge, health service payments, and health insurance policies.
The research study will collect data on the impacts of health insurance policies in reducing nurse burnout. Health insurance policies reduce the payment constraints that affect patient discharge plans. EBP training and education enhance nurses’ information and computer skills, reducing patient admission and discharge procedures. The research study will manipulate the autonomous variables associated with nurse education and training that improve patient outcomes and reduce nurse burnout.
Nurse burnout is the dependent variable in the research study because it is the element that changes if the independent variable alters. Nurse education and training on health insurance policies and technological skills are the independent variables in the study. Evidence-based practice enhances the skills and competency of nurse professionals, which reduces burnout by achieving a sense of accomplishment.
Reference
Melnyk, B. M., Gallagher‐Ford, L., Zellefrow, C., Tucker, S., Thomas, B., Sinnott, L. T., & Tan, A. (2018). The first US study on nurses’ evidence‐based practice competencies indicates major deficits that threaten healthcare quality, safety, and patient outcomes. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 15(1), 16-25.