Job Satisfaction, Burnout and Quality of Life of Nurses from Mangalore

Abstract

Background Nursing, though considered a noble profession, is quite stressful and challenging in India, as the nurses are the most undervalued staff despite their round-the-clock services to patients with intense health and emotional needs. This, in turn, hampers their will to perform, leading to huge burnout, job dissatisfaction as evidenced by several studies. Methodology A descriptive co-relational design was adopted to assess and compare the level of Job satisfaction, burnout and Quality of Life (QOL) among nurse educators and staff nurses from Mangalore. Through sample random technique, 50 nurse educators and 50 staff nurses were selected. Demographic proforma, job satisfaction inventory, Shirom Melamed Burnout Inventory and WHOQOL-BREF were the instruments utilized for the study. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 16. Results The findings revealed that nurse educators had more burnout and they required assistance (4 per cent, 44 per cent) than staff nurses (2 per cent, 16 per cent). QOL was comparably low among staff nurses (Phy QOL 14 per cent, Psy QOL 4 per cent, Soc QOL 16 per cent, Envt QOL 18 per cent) than nurse educators. The study findings unveiled a significant difference in job satisfaction (t = 2.571, p<0.05) between staff nurses and nurse educators. Conclusion and Recommendations In the last two decades, considerable evidence has been found related to stress among nurses. If nurses are not handled in a proactive manner it may result in serious stress reactions, leading further to job dissatisfaction, burnout and poor QOL. It is, therefore, important to create a platform to share concern of workers and to incorporate complementary therapies in work place which would help them to relieve of the negatives.