The impact on organizations, individuals, and care when nurses are also family caregivers (25 January 2022)

Summary

Many nurses also act as family caregivers, and this study in the journal Nursing Outlook aimed to examine the impact of family caregiving on nurses, their colleagues and the organisations they work for. Nurse caregivers and healthcare organisation leaders completed two surveys about views on family caregiving. The authors found that healthcare leaders perceived family caregiving to have a larger impact on the nurses’ health and work performance than nurses themselves. Family caregiving was also identified as a potential contributor to burnout, and the authors highlight that lack of workplace support for family caregiving may influence nurses decisions about leaving or reducing their role.