Determination of Burnout Status and Professional Commitment of Nurses Caring for Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 in a Training and Research Hospital

Year 2023, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 154 - 163, 01.08.2023

Fatma Nur Duman , Ayten Şentürk Erenel

https://doi.org/10.31125/hunhemsire.1333843

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Aim: This research was conducted to determine the burnout status and commitment to the profession of nurses who provide care to patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in a training and research hospital.
Material and Methods: The research sample comprised 205 nurses caring for COVID-19 patients. In the collection of the data, “Descriptive Characteristics Form”, “Burnout Scale (BS)”, “Commitment to the Profession in Nursing Scale (NPCS)” were used.
Results: Nurses' BS mean score was 4.48±1.07, and it was determined that only 1% of them did not experience burnout. It was determined that the burnout status of 36.6% of them was at a crisis level. The average score of NPCS of the nurses was determined to be 68.73±13.14. A significant difference was found between the mean scores of total professional commitment and willingness to make an effort, according to the number of patients the nurses gave daily care to. A significant and negative correlation was found between the levels of professional commitment and burnout levels of nurses.
Conclusion: It was determined that almost all nurses working in pandemic service and intensive care units and providing care to COVID-19 patients experienced burnout, their level of professional commitment was above the average level, and commitment to the profession decreased as the level of burnout increased.

Keywords

Burnout, commitment to the profession, COVID-19, nurse, pandemic

Bir Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesinde COVID-19 Tanısı Almış Hastalara Bakım Veren Hemşirelerin Tükenmişlik Durumları ve Mesleğe Bağlılıklarının Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırmada, bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinde COVID-19’lu hastalara bakım sağlayan hemşirelerin mesleğe bağlılık ve tükenmişlik düzeylerini saptamak amaçlanmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışma tanımlayıcı desende tasarlanmıştır. Çalışmanın örneklemini COVID-19 hastalarına bakan 205 hemşire oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada veriler “Tanımlayıcı Özellikler Formu”, “Tükenmişlik Ölçeği”, “Hemşirelik Mesleki Bağlılık Ölçeği” kullanılarak toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Hemşirelerin tükenmişlik ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması 4.48±1.07 olup, sadece %1'inin tükenmişlik yaşamadığı, %36.6'sının kriz düzeyinde tükenmişlik yaşadığı belirlenmiştir. Hemşirelerin mesleki bağlılık puan ortalaması 68.73±13.14 olarak bulunmuştur. Hemşirelerin günlük bakım verdiği hasta sayısına göre toplam mesleğe bağlılık ve çaba göstermeye isteklilik puan ortalamaları arasında anlamlı fark bulunmuştur. Hemşirelerin tükenmişlik düzeyleri ile mesleki bağlılık düzeyleri anlamlı ve negatif yönde bir korelasyon olduğu saptanmıştır.
Sonuç: Pandemi servis ve yoğun bakım ünitelerinde çalışıp, COVID-19 hastalarına bakım sağlayan hemşirelerin neredeyse tamamının tükenmişlik yaşadığı, mesleki bağlılık düzeylerinin orta seviyenin üzerinde olduğu, tükenmişlik düzeyi arttıkça mesleğe bağlılığın azaldığı belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

COVID-19, hemşire, mesleğe bağlılık, pandemi, tükenmişlik

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