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http://dx.doi.org/10.5807/kjohn.2014.23.1.11

Relationship of Job Stress, Hardness, and Burnout among Emergency Room Nurses  

Cho, Hang Nan (Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Chonnam National University)
Kim, Soo-Jin (College of Nursing, Chonnam National University, Chonnam Research Institute of Nursing Science)
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Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing / v.23, no.1, 2014 , pp. 11-19 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of job stress, hardness and burnout among emergency room nurses. Methods: The subjects were 110 emergency room nurses from three university hospital and three general hospital, with more than 500 beds, in G city and J region. Data collection was done from October 11 to November 12, 2010. Results: The score of job stress was 3.8 out of 5 point, the score of hardness was 2.6 out of 4 point, and the score of burnout was 3.3 out of 5 point. Burnout was found to be in a significant positive correlation with job stress and significant negative correlation with hardness. The main predictors of burnout were to hardness, job stress and night duty, and these variables explained 45.2% about burnout. Conclusion: In conclusion, the higher job stress was in higher burnout and the higher hardness was in the lower burnout. It is necessary to create improvement ways and programs to reduce and prevent burnout of emergency room nurses.
Keywords
Stress; Hardness; Burnout;
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