Identificación del Burnout en una muestra de enfermeras en dos entidades de salud del norte y sur de la ciudad de Quito durante el año 2018

Abstract

The present investigation focuses on the study of the prevalence of Burnout in nurses. The following pages describe the syndrome from its theoretical foundations to the application of these in two health entities located south and north of the city of Quito in 2018. Burnout can be defined as a set of symptoms negative ones that appear in the workplace when the professional is exposed to stressful situations. The main objective was to identify the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome and its three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal fulfillment. To fulfill this objective, we counted on the collaboration of 35 nursing professionals who were given six psychological batteries. The results that were obtained revealed that 2.9% of those evaluated showed the presence of Burnout, 37.1% evidenced a high level of emotional exhaustion, 17.1% a high level of depersonalization and 25.7% a level under personal fulfillment.