Burnout of nurses who work in a government hospital

Authors

  • Nurten Kaya
  • Hatice Kaya
  • Saliye Erdoğan Ayık
  • Esma Uygur

Keywords:

burnout, nursing, burnout measure

Abstract

Objective: This research were conducted for the purpose of examining nurses’ burnout levels who work in a government hospital according to some variables.

Material and Method: 320 nurses constituted universe of research, all nurses were selected by disproportional group sample method constituted sample of research. The data were collected by using “Personal Information Form”, and “Burnout Measure”. The data gathered were analyzed in the program of SPSS.

Findings: It was occurred nurses scored average 3.46±0.68 from Burnout Measure. On the other hand nurses have experienced most physical exhaustion (3.78±0.85) and it is followed by mental exhaustion (3.66±0.54), emotional exhaustion (2.93±1.03) (potential points distribution of measure and elements between 1-7). Nurses were separated among burnout groups according to continuous points in Burnout Measure. In grouping process, nurses who have between 1-3 points were assigned to burnout group-1; 3-4 points to group-2; 4-5 points to group-3; 5-7 points to group-4. It was determined that the 51.9% of nurses had in group 2, 27.8% of them had in group 1, 19.4% of them had in group 3, and 0.9% of nurses had in group 3. It was found characteristics of nurses gender, age, professional and experiences in their unit overcame with statistical relevancies; the variables like marital status, professional education, unit of working didn’t have weight with burnout level.

Conclusion: Nurses within the scope of this research are experiencing burnout. Therefore, actions to prevent and to develop strategies for dealing to burnout of nurses must be planned and implemented in both organizational and individual basis.

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Author Biographies

Nurten Kaya

İstanbul Üniversitesi

Hatice Kaya

İstanbul Üniversitesi

Saliye Erdoğan Ayık

Sağlık Bakanlığı İstanbul Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Esma Uygur

Sağlık Bakanlığı İstanbul Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Published

2010-02-13

How to Cite

Kaya, N., Kaya, H., Ayık, S. E., & Uygur, E. (2010). Burnout of nurses who work in a government hospital. Journal of Human Sciences, 7(1), 401–419. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/758

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Nursing and Midwifery