Abstract: Objective To explore the impact of professional respect and psychological capital on occupational burnout,and analyze the mediating role of psychological capital between professional respect and occupational burnout. Methods From February to April 2023,random sampling method was used to select neurology nurses from 7 tertiary hospitals in Qingdao as the survey subjects. A survey was conducted on the research subjects using scales such as professional respect,psychological capital and occupational burnout were used to investigate the research subjects,and pearson rank correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between professional respect,psychological capital and occupational burnout. Results A total of 178 neurology nurses were surveyed,and their scores for professional respect,psychological capital and occupational burnout were （93.86±15.46）,（90.28±16.84）,and （56.48±10.62）points,respectively. The differences in occupational respect scores among neurology nurses with different educational backgrounds,professional titles,monthly income,and marital status were statistically significant（all P<0.05）. The differences in psychological capital scores among neurology nurses of different ages,professional titles,and years of service were statistically significant（all P<0.05）. There were statistically significant differences in occupational burnout scores among neurology nurses of different ages,professional titles,length of service,monthly income,and marital status（all P<0.05）. The score of professional respect was positively correlated with the score of psychological capital（r_s=0.588,P<0.01）,and negatively correlated with the score of occupational burnout（r_s=-0.628,P<0.01）. There was a negative correlation between psychological capital score and occupational burnout score（r_s=-0.635,P<0.01）. The psychological capital of neurology nurses partially mediated the relationship between professional respect and occupational burnout,with a mediation effect of -0.251,accounting for 46.31% of the total effect. Conclusion The psychological capital of neurology nurses plays a partial mediating role between professional respect and job burnout. Improving the level of psychological capital on the basis of improving professional respect is conducive to reduce job burnout of neurology nurses.

Key words: Nurse, Neurology, Professional respect, Psychological capital, Occupational burnout