A survey of the relationship between shift work and job burnout in nurse staff of Alzahra hospital application maslach's burnout questionnaire

The job burnout affects the physical and mental health and as job stress final outcome can be seen in many professions among nursing. The aim of this study was survey the relationship between shift work and job burnout in the different wards of Alzahra hospital. Using the results of this study in health-medical planning could cause the reduction of burnout and consequently increasing of quality of services, patient satisfaction, reduction of absence of work, increasing of effectiveness of expenses and efficiency. This survey is adescriptive- analytical study and the population under the research was nurses with and without job rotation in Alzahra hospital of Isfahan and sampling accomplished stratified method. Required data was collected via two questionnaires including public questionnaire about background variable in target groups and maslach’s burnout Inventory (MBI). To do this recourse in different shifts to the hospital and thereinto explaining the aims of study and teaching guideline and how to complete the questionnaire was given nurses who had announced their partnership. In comparing the levels of job burnout among the nurses in different shifts, the most level of burnout in the dimension of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization was at the afternoon shift and declining of personal accomplishment was at the night shift. The most level of burnout in the dimension of emotional exhaustion there was in vessels ward, in the dimension of depersonalization in the dialysis ward and the least level of personal accomplishment in the ICU ward. This study demonstrated that the relationship shift work with dependent variables in different wards is varied (p<0.001). The highlevels ofemotional exhaustion and depersonalization, the low level of reduction of personal accomplishment in nurses in the study can be warning for the managers, because the lake of appropriate management for control of this situation can be lead to many damages in the health system.