Factors Contributing to Burnout among Nurses Working in Emergency Rooms
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37762/jfinph.4Keywords:
Nurse, Burnout, Emergency Room (ER), Stress, DutiesAbstract
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the incidence of burnout among nurses working in emergency rooms of public sector hospitals and contributing factors to burnout among them.
METHODOLOGY:
The study included nurses (N=130) having experience of two or more years in emergency rooms, in public sector hospitals of Rawalpindi/Islamabad and Lahore. Data was collected with the help of a self-structured questionnaire. Questionnaire was validated by sample pilot study of 20 nurses and with consultancy of statistician.
RESULTS:
The study revealed that out of 130 participant nurses, 126 (92.92%) were found to be suffering from burnout. Among them 86 (66.15%) had mild burnout and 40 (30.76%) were with moderate burnout. Among contributory factors of burnout, work related burnout was significantly higher as compared to personal and client related burnout.
CONCLUSION:
Nurses working in emergency rooms showed positive results of having burnout especially work related.
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