Background: Burnout negatively impacts the personal and professional life of nurses. Job stress and resilience have been determined to be associated with nurse burnout. Given the importance of communication competence in operating room (OR) nurses, the associations of job stress, resilience, and communication competence with burnout have not been examined. Purpose: To determine the relationships of job stress, resilience, and communication competence to burnout of OR nurses in South Korea. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study of 146 OR nurses. A series of self-reported questionnaires was used to assess job stress, resilience, communication competence, and burnout. Pearson correlation coefficient and a hierarchical linear regression were used for data analysis. Results: Communication competence was correlated with resilience (r = 0.65, p < .001) and burnout (r = -0.44, p < .001), and resilience was correlated with burnout (r = -0.48, p < .001). Resilience (β = -0.22, p = .027) and communication competence (β = -0.33, p < .001) were associated with burnout of OR nurses in a hierarchical linear regression (F = 6.28, p < .001). Conclusions: Increased resilience and communication competence were associated with lower burnout of perioperative nurses. To prevent and reduce burnout of OR nurses, it is necessary to develop and implement a program targeting for communication competence and resilience. Implications for nursing management: Nurse leaders should provide programs fostering communication competence and resilience to OR nurses and encourage them to actively participate in such job trainings.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify knowledge of child abuse, awareness of child abuse reporting, factors that influence attitudes toward mandatory reporting, and professionalism among a sample of pediatric nurses in Korea. Methods: One hundred sixteen pediatric nurses working at two university hospitals in Korea took part in the study and completed self-administered questionnaires. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t tests, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical regression analysis. Results: Knowledge of child abuse, awareness of child abuse reporting, and attitudes toward mandatory reporting were low. Regarding nursing professionalism, social perceptions had the lowest mean score and nursing autonomy had the highest mean score. Attitudes toward mandatory reporting significantly correlated with professionalism. In the hierarchical regression model, the influences of nursing autonomy and intentions to report child abuse on attitudes toward mandatory reporting were statistically significant (F = 2.176, p = .013), explaining 32% of the variation in attitudes toward mandatory reporting. Conclusion: The results of this study could be used to improve systems and policies addressing child abuse and to further develop reporting procedures for identifying children at risk of abuse, to ensure their protection as a professional responsibility.

Aims: To explore the influences of workplace bullying experiences, witnessing workplace bullying and bystander types on Speaking up for patient safety (SUPS) among hospital nurses.Design: Cross‐sectional study.Methods: A survey was conducted in September 2021 using a structured questionnaire about workplace bullying experiences, witnessing workplace bullying, bystander types, and SUPS. The questionnaire was administered to 200 bedside nurses from two tertiary university hospitals in South Korea.Results: One hundred and ninety‐nine responses were analysed. A hierarchical regression model, incorporating organisational factors, workplace bullying experiences, witnessing workplace bullying, and bystander types explained approximately 44.0% of the variance in nurses' SUPS. Witnessing workplace bullying and the perpetrator‐facilitating bystander negatively influenced SUPS, whereas victim‐defending bystander had a positive influence on SUPS.Conclusions: Findings suggest that witnessing workplace bullying and the bystander types of nurses working on patient care units are more impactful on nurses' SUPS than individual experiences of bullying. Notably, the victim‐defending and perpetrator‐facilitating bystander types were identified as key factors influencing SUPS.Implications for the Profession: Nurse managers should understand the roles of witnesses and bystanders working on a patient care unit, and how these roles may extend beyond traditional views of perpetrators and victims. Developing strategies to support and effectively manage witnesses and bystanders working on patient care units may promote positive SUPS behaviours among clinical nurses.Impact: What problem did the study address? Speaking up for patient safety (SUPS) in clinical settings is critical in maintaining and enhancing patient safety. However, a negative work environment, such as one that promotes workplace bullying may hinder nurses' willingness to engage in SUPS. Because many nurses involved in workplace bullying may be witnesses or bystanders rather than direct perpetrators or victims of such situations, this study explored the potential influences of workplace bullying, including the roles of witnesses and bystanders, on SUPS. What were the main findings? SUPS was influenced more by witnessing workplace bullying and specific bystander types, namely victim‐defending and perpetrator‐facilitating bystanders, than by workplace bullying experiences. Where and on whom will the research have an impact? These findings highlight the importance of addressing the roles of witnesses and bystanders in workplace bullying. Nurse managers should broaden their focus beyond perpetrators and victims to include the roles and views of all nursing staff within a department. By effectively managing witnesses and bystander types, they can foster an environment that enhances SUPS behaviours among nurses.Reporting Method: This study adhered to STROBE guidelines.Patient or Public Contributions: No Patient or Public Contribution.

Aim: To describe the associations of psychological burnout and time factors on hospital nurses' medication errors.Design: A cross‐sectional survey design was used.Methods: A structured questionnaire pertaining to psychological burnout, time factors and medication error was administered to 200 bedside nurses working at two tertiary university hospitals in Korea. The associations between the psychological burnout, time factor and medication error were analysed with the zero‐inflated negative binomial regression for over‐dispersed and over‐abundant zeros count data.Results: Higher psychological burnout, shorter meal time during duty and longer weekly overtime were associated with an increased likelihood of medication error of nurses working in tertiary university hospitals. For medication safety, nurse managers should provide appropriate administrative support to nurses to cope with psychological burnout of nurses. Work time management should also be considered as human factors to satisfy the needs of nurses, such as securing meal times and maintaining a low level of weekly overtime.