Síndrome de burnout en enfermeras/os de la unidad de cuidado intensivo neonatal
Abstract
Introduction: burnout syndrome is an emotional ill-
ness caused by physical or mental overload and ex-
cessive stress in the work setting. This in turn affects
clinical competence during patient care. The purpose
of this investigation was to explore the association be-
tween the level of exhaustion and the clinical compe-
tence of the nursing professional in a neonatal inten-
sive care unit (NICU) of Puerto Rico.
Population and methods: descriptive correlational
design. Participants were nurses working in a neonatal
intensive care unit. The Maslach Burnout Inventory -
Human Services Survey and the Six-Dimension Scale
of Nursing Performance were used.
Results: 37 nurses were included. The emotional
exhaustion and depersonalization scales were high in
51.3%and56.8%oftherespondents,respectively;43.2
%showedlowpersonalachievement.Intermsofclinical
competence, only 8 of the participants completed
this section. A statistically significant association
was found between depersonalization and the
leadership component (p = 0.02) and between personal
achievement and the critical situations component
(p = 0.02).
Conclusions: the presence of at least one dimension
of the burnout syndrome was observed in 64.9 % of
the nurses surveyed.