The Influence of Verbal Violence Experience, Surgical Teamwork, and Resilience on Burnout among Operating Room Nurses

Purpose: This study explored the influence of verbal violence experience, surgical teamwork, and resilience on burnout among operating room nurses. Methods: Data were collected from 135 operating room nurses who had worked for more than 6 months in the tertiary and general hospitals in two metropolitan cities. The IBM SPSS Statistics 27.0 program was used for descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: Burnout showed a significant positive correlation with verbal violence experience (r=.38, p<.001) and significant negative correlations with surgical teamwork (r=-.41, p<.001) and resilience (r=-.60, p<.001). Verbal violence experience was negatively correlated with surgical teamwork (r=-.38, p<.001), whereas surgical teamwork was positively correlated with resilience (r=.51, p<.001). Multiple regression analysis revealed that resilience (β=-.46, p<.001), verbal violence experience (β=.26, p<.001), subjective health status (β=-.18, p=.010), and satisfaction with operating room work (β=-.16, p=.022) significantly influenced burnout and explained 50% of the variance. Conclusion: These findings indicate that resilience, verbal violence experience, subjective health status, and work satisfaction are significant factors associated with burnout among operating room nurses. Therefore, targeted interventions focused on strengthening resilience, preventing verbal violence, and enhancing work satisfaction are needed to reduce burnout.