Examination of the factors effective on the burnout levels of nurses in rest and nursing homes

This study was planned as descriptive and carried out to examine the factors effective on the burnout levels of nurses working in rest and nursing homes.In the data collection was used `Nurse Introductory Information Form? and Maslach Burnout Inventory. Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis and Bonferroni Adjusted Mann-Whitney U tests were used to evaluate the number and percentage distributions of data.In accordance with the study results, the mean burnout levels of nurses were determined as 13.27 for emotional burnout, 3.51 for desensitization, and 23.20 for individual achievement. In conclusion, statistically significant relations were determined among burnout levels and age, professional experience, employment time as geriatric nurse, pleased to work part, opinion to quit the profession, communication problems with elderly people, personal characteristics of elderly people, resisting behavior of elderly people, displeasure of elderly people, elderly behaviors against the rules, verbal and physical attacks by elderly people, indifference of elderly relatives, excessive work load, changes in clinical rules and policies, inexistence of appreciation and reward, insufficiency of nursing homes for nursery, frequent change of administration, ignorance of personnel rights and conflicts with superiors.It is suggested to increase in-service trainings, take the necessary steps to reduce work load, develop a rewarding system, support nurses by the administration, and make amendments to nursing center regulation.Key words: Nursing and burnout, rest and nursing homes, elderly people