The Influence of Leadership on Structural Empowerment and Work-Life Balance on Nurses’ Burnout and Patients’ Assessed Quality of Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Background: Leadership becomes crucial during major crises in which one could expect high levels of burnout and decrease patient quality care. The Covid-19 pandemic was a healthcare crisis where professional infrastructure had to cope with unprecedented workload stressful working conditions. Hence, empirical models for estimating the mitigating role authentic leadership on nurses’ can contribute utilization best practices managing effectively scarce nursing personnel resources. Aims: To model influence leadership, through measures structural empowerment work-life balance, patients’ care, measure nurses΄ perception their opinion leaders regarding pandemic. Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study conducted third wave (March-July 2021). After implementing enhance improve four questionnaires referring Authentic Structural empowerment, Work life Burnout were distributed 650 personnel. Moreover, 200 patients asked assess received Results: 530 valid included study. Using equation modeling, we estimated that significantly influences preserves care by enhancing balance. In assessing attitudes, rated high, 56±5 SD (max =80) Head nurses higher compared nurses, 62,13±10 SD, (p<0,001). balance 3,55±0.6 2,67±0,5 =5) respectively. On subscales, emotional exhaustion cynicism 3,1±0,8 2,3±0,7 respectively, efficacy, 2±0,5. Patients assessed quality-of-care 3,8±0.48 (4= very good 5=excellent). Conclusion: Our demonstrates crises, better conditions mitigates lead them thus preserving patients-quality team services should be modest aware tendency overestimate abilities.