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dc.contributor.authorLampman, Linda Gayle
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-09T00:14:28Z
dc.date.available2019-07-09T00:14:28Z
dc.date.issued1982-06
dc.identifier.urien
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/622461
dc.description.abstractThe degree of burnout· experienced by intensive_· care unit nurses . -and the degree. of burnoll:t ·experienced by genera-l duty 'staff nurses were compared in this study. .In ·addition, the. degree. of burnout exper·i.ericed by ·nurses- ·was compared to the nurse's age, :marital status, educational level, position in n~rsing, an~ ·_shift(s) wo~ked.·· A tool develop~d by the-researcher was used to survey 46 ra~domly· chos~n full-time., registered nurses from three southeastern, coastal hospitals. The burn.out-nieasU:rement tool consisted· of- a demographic data £orm and a· 25 ·item quest:,ionnaire on a Likert ..... ·type scale des~gned to measure a ~urse's degr~e of burnout. Results oft the study ind.icated that· marita,l status and working shif~s. had significant _'effects on the development of nurse burnout. Married nurses experienced a greater degree. of. burnout than single nurses and nurses who worked rotating shifts experienced a grea~er degree of burnout ' . .. than nurses .Y.J~O workerl: straight shi~ts ~ The.·_ n~ts'e·' s· age;·. educat~ionaL' level; area of employment within the hospital; and position in nursing,. or management vs. nol:unanageniertt;. had no significant· bearing on 'the degree of burnout expe-rienced hy·. the. n~rse(._ This study provided some important artd_interestirig data that should be ·considered by anyone involved with ·professional nurses •. A_replica~ion of this study with a larger. sample size i's highly re-commended.en_US
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dc.subjectBurnouten_US
dc.subjectMarriageen_US
dc.subjectNursesen_US
dc.titleA comparison between the degree of burnout experienced by intensive care nurses and general duty staff nursesen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Nursingen_US
dc.description.advisorN/Aen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.description.committeeMonnig, Regina Smith, Patricia Clayton, Gloriaen_US
refterms.dateFOA2019-07-09T00:14:29Z


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