Abstract: Objective To study the correlation between workplace violence,occupational stress and burnout among emergency department nurses in grade-A tertiary hospitals of Xi'an City,provide objective evidence for improving the occupational burnout among emergency department nurses. Methods By using the random sampling method,184 nurses in the emergency departments of six grade-A tertiary hospitals of Xi'an City were surveyed using the general information scale,workplace violence scale,occupational stress scale and occupational burnout scale from July to August 2023,and the data were analyzed. Results The workplace violence score of 184 emergency department nurses was （8.26±2.19）points,the occupational stress score was （344.53±68.39）points,and the occupational burnout score was （62.52±14.41）points. There were statistically significant differences in the workplace violence scores among emergency department nurses in terms of gender,age,working years,professional titles,marital status,monthly income and number of monthly shifts（all P<0.05）. There were statistically significant differences in the occupational stress scores among emergency department nurses in different age,working years,professional titles,marital status,monthly income and monthly number of shifts（all P<0.05）. There were statistically significant differences in the occupational burnout scores among emergency department nurses in different age,working years,professional title,monthly income and monthly number of shifts（all P<0.05）. The workplace violence and occupational stress of 18 emergency department nurses were positively correlated with occupational burnout（r=0.608,0.582,both P<0.01）,and workplace violence was positively correlated with occupational stress（r=0.512,P<0.01）. The occupational stress played a partial mediating role between workplace violence and occupational burnout in 18 emergency department nurses,the mediating effect was 0.231,accounting for 41.70% of the total effect. Conclusion Totally 184 emergency department nurses have a high level of occupational burnout,the workplace violence and occupational stress can directly promote occupational burnout,the occupational stress has a partial mediating effect between workplace violence and occupational burnout,and reducing the occupational stress of emergency department nurses can alleviate the impact of workplace violence on occupational burnout.

Key words: Emergency department nurses, Workplace violence, Occupational stress, Occupational burnout, Correlation research