Quiet Quitting and Professional Burnout: Contemporary Challenges for Nursing Leadership
: Quiet quitting was consistently associated with burnout among nurses after adjustment for sociodemographic and occupational factors. The pattern of results was stronger for physical and cognitive fatigue and for lack of motivation, supporting the interpretation of quiet quitting as an important correlation of occupational strain in nursing and reinforcing the need for organizational and leadership strategies that reduce fatigue and sustain professional engagement.
Authors
- Irina Alexandra Lopes Almeida
- Elaine Cristina Novatzki Forte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6042-5006)
- Marlene Patrícia Ribeiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3041-7731)
- Samuel Spiegelberg Züge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0420-9122)
- Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9982-9537)
- João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva
- Sónia Cristina Costa Barros
- Letícia de Lima Trindade
- Susana Filipa Mendes Castro
- David Rigor Lage
- Diana Moreira Sanches (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9031-9017)
Institutions
- Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (BR)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Portuguese Army (PT)
- Hospital de São João (PT)
- Community University of Chapecó Region - Unochapecó (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (BR)
- Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil (PT)
- Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa (PT)
- Centre for Health Technology and Services Research (PT)
- Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia (PT)
- Hospital de Santo Espirito de Angra do Heroísmo (PT)
- University of Bengkulu (ID)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nursing Reports
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep16040140
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00