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Public Health"],"abstract":"\n Introduction<\/jats:title>\n Nursing work interruptions represent common psychosocial workplace exposures that may contribute to burnout and threaten workforce stability.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among nurses (\n N<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f261) working in general inpatient wards within a four-campus tertiary hospital system in Zhejiang Province, China, from 14 January to 10 February 2026. Interruptions were assessed using the Nursing Work Interruption Scale (NWIS; total score), coping resources were measured using a 26-item interruption coping resources questionnaire (total score), burnout was evaluated using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI; 0\u2013100 converted mean score), and turnover intention was measured using a 3-item scale (mean score). Mediation and serial mediation analyses were performed using PROCESS version 5.0 with 5,000 bias-corrected bootstrap samples.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Turnover intention demonstrated a significant positive association with interruptions (\n c<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.015,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.006). Burnout mediated this relationship [Model 4 indirect\u202f=\u202f0.0155, 95% BC CI (0.0104, 0.0216);\n c<\/jats:italic>\n \u2032\u202f=\u202f\u22120.0006,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.917]. In the serial mediation model (Model 6), interruptions were associated with lower coping resources (\n b<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f\u22120.3210,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f&lt;\u202f0.001) and higher burnout (\n b<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.5704,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f&lt;\u202f0.001); coping resources were associated with lower burnout (\n b<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f\u22120.7034,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f&lt;\u202f0.001); and burnout was associated with higher turnover intention (\n b<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.0178,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f&lt;\u202f0.001). Indirect effects through burnout [0.0102, 95% BC CI (0.0063, 0.0155)] and serially through coping resources and burnout [0.0040, 95% BC CI (0.0019, 0.0077)] were found to be significant. These results remained robust after adjusting for variables such as department group, years working in the hospital, and average daily patient volume [Model 6 Ind2\u202f=\u202f0.0100, 95% BC CI (0.0061, 0.0155); and Ind3\u202f=\u202f0.0035, 95% BC CI (0.0015, 0.0069)].\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Discussion<\/jats:title>\n The findings are consistent with a conservation of resources (COR)-informed resource depletion pathway, linking interruptions to turnover intention primarily through burnout. 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