Abstract

GOMEZ SANCHEZ, Mª Carmen et al. A survey of the professional weakening in relation with organizational factors in the nursing staff of the internal medicine deparment. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2009, vol.55, n.215, pp.52-62. ISSN 1989-7790.

Nursing staff is one of the most affected professional groups the burnout syndrome due to the great quantity of everyday stressful factors which are attached to their profession which nurses have to face up to. The aim of this survey was to analyze comparatively the professional stress and labour self-satisfaction in a professional nursing staff of the internal medicine department between 1998 and 200 and to try to analyze if there was any relationship with organizational factors of the institution. 107 questionnaires were given out in both years the questionnaires included burnout inventory of Maslach to measure the incidence of burnout and the questionary of laboral self-satisfaction. The result of the survey was a falling-of the emotional exhaustion degree and an increase of the personal fulfilment degree. The degree of personal self-satisfaction of the nursing staff during these two years was moderately satisfied. The fact of decreasing the labour overload and the fact of improving the security in their job could positively have an influence on the lessening of the emotional overload.

Keywords : Professional stress; labour self-satisfaction; professional weakening; nursing staff.

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