Abstract

Objective:  To map the factors associated with professional burnout among nurses working in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Method:  This was a scoping review, based on the method proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer’s, carried out on national and international databases and thesis and dissertation portals. The studies were selected by two independent reviewers. The data was analyzed descriptively. The research protocol was duly registered on the open science framework platform.

Results:  The final sample consisted of six articles written in English. Three of them were published in the United States and the others in Germany, Italy and Turkey. The factors associated with professional burnout were mapped, corresponding to the workload of nurses, nursing sizing, emotional overload, imbalance between personal and professional life, low pay and a shortage of nurses in the area.

Conclusion:  Nurses are susceptible to professional burnout because they provide care to critically ill patients who require specialized technical and scientific skills, as well as physical and emotional effort to provide qualified and safe care.