Factors Influencing Work-Burn out Among Nurses on Medical and Surgical Ward. A case study of Mulago National Referral Hospital.

Abstract

This research topic of study was to establish the factors influencing work burnout among nurses on medical surgical wards. A case study at Mulago National Referal Hospital. The main objective of this study was to determine the factors influencing work burnout among nurses at Mulago National Referal Hospital during the month of July 2015. The study population comprised of nurses working on medical and surgical wards at Mulago National Referal Hospital. The study design was a descriptive cross sectional study involving qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. Data was collected using pretested self administered questionnaires distributed to 353 respondents. The research established that 314(89%) of the nurses involved in the sample population reported to experience work burnout in the course of their duties at the health facility. Only 39(11%) reported not to haveexperienced work burnout during this study. Both studies indicated that the majority of the proportion of nurses involved in this study experienced work burnout.