Effects of career cognition evaluation-based empathy ability training in nurses with moderate and severe level of job burnout

Objective To explore the effects of career cognition evaluation-based empathy ability training in nurses with moderate and severe level of job burnout. Methods This study belonged to quasi-experimental study with comparison before and after intervention. From August 2018 to January 2019, a total of 58 nurses with moderate and severe level of job burnout volunteered as subjects in Henan Cancer Hospital.All of the 58 nurses were divided into four groups, 12 to 15 cases in each group. The face to face career cognition-based empathy ability training was carried out for 6 times within 6 weeks. The training effects were compared with the Maslach Burnout Inventory-general Survey (MBI-GS) , General Well-being Schedule (GWB) and Professional Identity Scale before and after training. Results The score of job burnout of nurses decreased from (11.50±1.13) before training to (7.87±1.87) after training; the total score of general well-being increased from (65.52±10.84) to (77.00±9.49) ; the score of professional identity raised from (30.22±7.90) to (38.03±8.59) with statistical differences (t=12.864, -6.351, 7.972; P<0.01) . Conclusions Careercognition-based empathy ability training can alleviate the burnout of nurses with moderate and severe level of job burnout, improve nurses' professional identity and happiness index. Key words: Nurses; Job burnout; Moderate and severe; Professional identity; General well-being; Empathy ability training