Relation between Occupational Hazards and Nurses’ Job Burnout at Intensive Care Units

Kotb Basuony, Aisha Ezzat; Zahran, Safaa Abd El-Moniem; Eid, Walaa Mostafa

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2023.315138

Relation between Occupational Hazards and Nurses’ Job Burnout at Intensive Care Units

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Nurse specialist at Itay El-Baroud General Hospital.

² Assistant . Prof. Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

10.21608/tsnj.2023.315138

Abstract

Background: Intensive care units like other dangerous workplaces are characterized by a high
amount of exposure to hazardous substances, which gravely threatens nurses' safety, stress and
burnout. Aim: Assess the relation between occupational hazards and nurses’ job burnout at
Intensive Care Units. Subjects and method: Design: A descriptive correlation research study
design. Setting: It conducted in intensive care units at Tanta university hospitals including,
Tanta Main University Hospital and Emergency Hospital. Subject: All nurses (n=390) who were
working in Tanta hospitals. Tools: Data were collected by using Occupational Hazards
Structured Questionnaire and Nurses' Job Burnout Scale. Results: More than half (56.2%) of
nurses perceived had moderate level of occupational hazards. Also, almost half (51.3%) of
nurses had a low level of job burnout. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant positive
correlation between occupational hazards and nurses’ job burnout. Recommendation: Hospital
administration create ICU hospitals policies and guidelines for safety practices. Hospital /unit
managers should gain consciousness of the existence of burnout and thus to take corrective
action to reduce its occurrence, nurses follow up the implementation of excellent care aspects in
daily work to prevent workplace occupational hazards. Nurses conduct workshops on resolving
stress and design strategies to improve and solve burnout among nurses