Burnout Among Nursing Officers Working at Selected Hospitals, Puducherry

Nursing is generally perceived as a demanding profession. Job plays an important part in the individual’s life, apart from being a regular source of income, social recognition and social esteem, specific aspects of work environment play an important role in occupational stress processes. Quantitative Non-experimental survey design was adopted, Sixty Nursing Officers were selected by using Convenience Sampling Technique. Data were collected by using Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) scale. The findings of the study inferred that in Occupational Exhaustion (OE), 27(45%) of them had low burnout, 17(28.3%) had moderate burnout and 16(26.7%) had high burnout, with mean and standard deviation of 19.08+12.09. In Depersonalization (DP), 25(41.7%) of them had high burnout, 22(36.7%) had low burnout and 13(21.7%) had moderate burnout with mean and standard deviation of 8.33+6.04. In Personal Accomplishment (PA), 36(60%) of them had high burnout, 15(25%) had low burnout, 9(15%) had moderate burnout with mean and standard deviation of 29.55+10.6. The study revealed that there was statistically significant association with the demographic variables. The present study concluded that Nursing Officers face more Burnout in their workplaces. Good sleep and relaxation technique help to reduce their level of Burnout.