Leadership In Professional Nursing Practice

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Burnout syndrome in nurses in an Intensive Care Unit
Síndrome de burnout em enfermeiros atuantes em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva
Faustino Eduardo dos Santos1, Joubert Araujo Alves2, Andrea Bezerra Rodrigues3

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Objective: To identify if nurses working in cardiac and general Intensive Care Units are subject to burnout, correlating it with demographic and occupational information. Methods: This is a descriptive exploratory, cross-sectional, prospective and correlational study utilizing quantitative resources. The sample was composed of 34 nurses who answered the Maslach and Jackson inventory (MBI-HSS), which consists of 22 questions plus a questionnaire on demographic and occupational data. The study was carried out at a large private hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. results: Of 34 nurses, nine had high emotional exhaustion, nine high depersonalization, ten had a high score of reduced professional accomplishment (decreased personal fulfillment at work). Most nurses presented alterations in more than one dimension regarding burnout. conclusions: The majority of nurses presented burnout and there was a positive correlation between burnout and the variables: sex, advanced professional degrees, time working in nursing, workload and working at more than one hospital. Keywords: Burnout, professional; Nursing, team; Intensive care units; Stress

profissional, sendo que esses enfermeiros apresentaram alterações em mais de uma dimensão do burnout. conclusões: Grande parte da amostra apresentou burnout, e houve correlação positiva entre ela e as seguintes variáveis: sexo, especialização na área, tempo de trabalho na área, carga horária, e trabalhar em mais de uma instituição. Descritores: Esgotamento profissional; Equipe de enfermagem; Unidades de terapia intensiva; Estresse

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