FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH STAFF BURNOUT AMONG THE NURSES AND MIDWIVES AT SOROTI REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL, SOROTI CITY. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.
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Staff Burnout, Nurses and Midwives, Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti CityAbstract
Background
Elevated levels of staff burnout among the health workers especially among the nurses and midwives led to poor productivity and staff turnover. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the factors associated with staff burnout among the nurses and midwives at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti City.
Methodology
Descriptive cross-sectional research design employing a quantitative approach of data collection using a structured questionnaire by simple random sampling. Data was analyzed by Microsoft Excel and presented as tables, pie charts, and figures.
Results
50 respondents participated in this study, 22 (44%) were between the age group of 31-40 years, 20(40%) were between the age group of 20-30 years while the minority of the respondents 8 (16%) were between the age group of 41-50 years. 32(64%) were females and 18(36%) were males, most of the respondents had a fair relationship with other health workers (60%), and most reported having a physical illness (56%) giving out Peptic Ulcer Disease mostly (71%), the majority disagreed that their workplace recognized employee achievements, many handled 21-30 patients on average in a day (54%), the majority worked for 12 hours (56%), most worked with 2 nurses or midwives per shift (58%) and lastly majority reported to have experienced a disaster 2-3 times (54%).
There is a need to design various strategies to enhance the capacity of workers by creating rewards to cope with the demands of their jobs.
Conclusion
The majority of the respondents reported that they were not supervised frequently, most worked with 2 nurses or midwives per shift, and the majority had never considered leaving their current organization due to limited control over their career path.
Recommendation
The guidelines on staff burnout should be put in place and emphasized to lower the long-term emotional and person-to-person stressors associated with burnout.
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