@Article{Nowak-Starz2013,
journal="Medical Studies/Studia Medyczne",
issn="1899-1874",
volume="29",
number="1",
year="2013",
title="THE INFLUENCE OF STRESS CONNECTED WITH PROFESSIONAL WORK ON THE OCCURRENCE OF BURNOUT SYNDROME IN NURSES WORKING IN SURGICAL AND MEDICAL TREATMENT WARDS",
abstract="Nursing is one of the professions where chronic stress is an inseparable characteristic and stems from the very nature of the profession itself. The job of a nurse involves particular mental burdens. The source of these is another person, one who has most often found themselves in an extreme situation. A nurse carries out her/his duties in a state of strong and long-lasting emotional strain. Inappropriate coping with stress and a lack of support from others in difficult situations leads to the development of burnout syndrome. This syndrome not only lowers, to a great extent, the quality of performed work but also prevents nurses from further professional development.   Aims : The aim of the following paper is to evaluate the influence of stress connected with the professional work of a nurse on the occurrence of burnout syndrome.   Material and methodology : Research was conducted on a group of 103 nurses working at eight hospital wards (surgical and medical treatment) at the District Hospital in Lipsko. The research tool was a questionnaire of the author’s own devise, which contained 34 questions.    Results : Among the examined nurses, 90% concluded that their professional work has a negative impact on their family life and they pointed to their own occupational burnout. Nurses who carried negative emotions over from work to their homes significantly more often showed a lack of satisfaction from their job and signs of occupational burnout. A substantial percentage of the participants considered shift-work and the professional position held to be a detrimental factor in the process of occupational burnout.    Conclusion : The nurses were to a large extent exposed to mental burdens having a negative impact on their work. The vast majority of the respondents felt satisfaction from their job but a significant percentage of the respondents admitted to suffering from symptoms of chronic stress and exhaustion, which may indicate a lack of any support from co-workers and superiors.",
author="Nowak-Starz, Grażyna
and Kozak, Barbara
and Zdziebło, Kazimiera",
pages="7--21",
doi="10.5114/ms.2013.39183",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ms.2013.39183"
}