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Change Fatigue Among Clinical Nurses and Related Factors: A Cross-sectional Study in Public Hospitals.

Meng Lv, Jing Zhai, Li Zhang, Hong Wang, Ben-Hua Li, Ting Zhang, Paulo Moreira

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Article in Health services insights, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Meng LvDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8137-5952
Jing ZhaiDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China.
Hong WangDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China.
Ben-Hua LiDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China.
Ting ZhangDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China.
Paulo MoreiraInternational Healthcare Management Research and Development Center (IHM-RDC), The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3644-1022

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Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the levels of change fatigue among clinical nurses in public hospitals and identify the potential contributing factors. Design: A cross-sectional, multi-stage sampling study was conducted in accordance with the STROBE guideline. Methods: This study surveyed 2,228 nurses in China from October to December 2023 using Wen Juan Xing (www.wjx.cn) and employed stepwise multiple linear regression analysis to assess factors associated with change fatigue. Results: The average change fatigue score of nurses was found to be at a medium to high level. Factors such as female, professional title, average overtime hours, workflow changes, workload increase, work-content changes, work pressure increases, new technology implementation and the change frequency were all identified as exacerbating nurses' experience of fatigue related to change. Contrary to this, the support of change resources, communication and transmission of change information, distributed leadership, inclusive climate, readiness for change, change efficacy and workforce agility were found to alleviate the change fatigue to some extent. Conclusions: It is urgent and challenging for nursing managers to manage change fatigue. All of these identified predictors in study significantly contribute to the understanding of change fatigue among nurses and can provide valuable insights for health policies aimed at improving the effectiveness of nursing changes. Furthermore, they also offer a theoretical foundation for managers to develop targeted intervention programs for preventing and mitigating the negative impact of change fatigue on nurses and organizational outcomes.

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change fatigueClinical nursescross-sectional studyrelated factors

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