Relationship between Burnout and Nurse's Job Characteristics

Burnout has negative effects on nurse's health,and also onpatients’ satisfaction and safety. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between Burnout and nurse's job characteristicsin teaching and therapeutic hospitals affiliated to GolestanUniversity of medical sciences. In this descriptive-analytical study, 206 nurses who engaged in the teaching and therapeutic centers of Golestanuniversity of medical sciences were selected via random sampling. Thedata wascollected by demographic data sheet and Copenhagen burnout questionnaire and analyzed by descriptive statistical, logistic Regression. The mean age was 34.66±7.38and68% of the participants were female. Overall,34% ofthe nurses had burnout. The prevalence of personal, work-related and client-related burnout was 33.5%, 41.3% and 22.3%, respectively. Age, job experience and type of employmentwere the risk factors of personal, work and client-related burnout. Being supervisor, working in the psychiatric ward and having private job, were the causes of increased personal burnout. In line with the increase of age and job experience increasing, the officials should pay more attention to burnout,andin some ward of the hospitals and job positions they need considering a unique career planning.