Factors Contributing to Burnout among Nurses Working in Emergency Rooms

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.