Relationship between Occupational Stress, Burnout and Job Performance among Nurses Working in ICUs at Benha University Hospital

Abstract

Background: Stress and burnout are frequently associated with critical care nursing. Nursesexperience stressful situations in their daily work environment. Poor job performance among nursesmight be induced by occupational stress. Aim of study: Was to assess the relation betweenoccupational stress, burnout and job performance among nurses working in ICUs at BenhaUniversity Hospital. Design: A descriptive exploratory correlational design was used. Setting: Thisstudy was conducted at Benha University Hospital in (intensive care unit, intermediate care unit,pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit), Qalubia Governorate. Research sample: A purposivesample of 100 nurses was included in this study. Tools of data collection: Data was collected bythe following tools. I: Work related stressors questionnaire, it consists of two parts: Part I: Sociodemographic data, Part II: Work related stressors scale. II: Maslach Burnout Inventory and III: Sixdimension scale of nursing performance. Results: About to thirty quarters of studied nurses hadsevere level of work related stressors, near to two thirds had high level of burnout and about twothirds had good performance. Conclusion: There was a positive correlation between work relatedstressors and burnout among studied nurses. On the other hand, there was negative correlationbetween work related stressors, burnout and job performance. Recommendation: Conducting anurse's assistance programs that introduced for early identification and interventions on problemsthat make stress so that performance levels could increase.