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Job Burnout Associated with Work Environment among Physician Assistant Nurses: A Secondary Analysis of the 2025 Survey on Working Conditions of Health and Medical Workers

진료지원간호사의 근무환경에 따른 직무소진: 2025년 보건의료노동자 실태조사를 이용한 이차자료분석

Kyongok Park1
,
Hanyi Lee2
,
Hyeon Sik Chu3*
박 경옥1
,
이 한이2
,
추 현식3*
1Professor, Department of Nursing, Wonju Campus, Kangwon National University, Wonju, Korea
2Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
3Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
1강원대학교 원주캠퍼스 간호학과 교수
2한양대학교 간호대학 부교수
3단국대학교 간호대학 조교수
*Corresponding Author
30 April 2026. pp. 188-203
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Abstract

This study examined the associations between work environment and job burnout among Physician Assistant Nurses (PANs) using data from the 2025 Survey on Working Conditions of Health and Medical Workers. A total of 3,703 PANs were identified from the raw dataset. Differences in levels of job burnout were analyzed according to sociodemographic characteristics and work environment such as job characteristics and institutional attributes. The results indicated that although most PANs had more than three years of clinical experience, 10.6% had less than three years. Additionally, 53.6% worked rotating shifts, 59.7% had been performing PAN duties before the physician–government conflict, and 44.5% reported working without formal training. Higher job burnout was observed among those with more than three years of experience, those working rotating shifts, those with over one hour of daily overtime, those assigned before the conflict, those who had not received training, and those employed at teaching hospitals. These findings underscore the need for standardized PAN education and improvements in working conditions to alleviate burnout among PANs, thereby contributing to enhanced patient safety and improved healthcare quality.

Keywords
Burnout
Nurse
Physician assistant
Work environment
Job training
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Living Environmental System
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국생활환경학회
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  • Volume : 33
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  • Pages :188-203
  • Received Date : 2026-03-06
  • Revised Date : 2026-04-10
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