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Nurse burnout: Work related and demographic factors as culprits
Author(s) -
Robinson Sharon E.,
Roth Sari L.,
Keim Jeanmarie,
Levenson Minita,
Flentje Jane R.,
Bashor Kathy
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770140309
Subject(s) - depersonalization , burnout , emotional exhaustion , psychology , occupational burnout , work (physics) , clinical psychology , nursing , medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
This study was an examination of the combined ability of perceived work environment, demographic, and work‐related variables to predict burnout among 314 nurses at a large metropolitan hospital. The three dimensions of burnout measured were emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. High work pressure and low work involvement and supervisor support predicted emotional exhaustion. Task orientation, work pressure, work involvement, and age predicted both depersonalization and personal accomplishment. Burnout among nurses on each of the three work shifts also was examined. Results are discussed from the perspective of how to decrease or to prevent burnout among nurses.