The Impact of Job Rotation on Nurses' Burnout in Ayatollah Kashani Hospital, Tehran: A Case Study



Delpasand M¹ ; Raeissi P² ; Begdeli F³ ; Shahabi M⁴ Show Affiliations
Source: Iran Occupational Health Published:2011

Abstract

Background and aim: Job burnout is a syndrome which is known by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and deterioration of job performance. Due to the negative impacts of this syndrome on patients, employees, and organization in healthcare settings this issue has drawn attention of many researchers during recent years. Despite the large number of publications in this area, limited attention has been paid to the factors influencing job burnout. The aim of the present study was to determine the level of job burnout and impacts of job rotation on nurses burnout in Ayatollah Kashani hospital, Tehran. Methods: In order to conduct this research a historical cohort study was performed to determine degree of job burnout among nurses with and without job rotation in Ayatollah Kashani Hospital in Tehran. The number of nurses with job rotation was (n=59) and without job rotation (n=29). Data was collected via a self-report questionnaire. Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to assess the job burnout of the subjects. Results: The overall findings revealed that nurses had low level of emotional exhaustion, low level of depersonalization and middle level of declining of personal accomplishment. No significant difference was observed between the job burnout of the tow groups of nurses - with and without rotation. In comparing the level of job burnout among the nurses of different wards (i.e. between wards comparison) the findings revealed that nurses of the emergency ward, had higher rate of depersonalization (P=0.012). Conclusion: The nurses' burnout showed to be at the medium level with respect to the personal accomplishment subscale, which seems to require a managerial intervention in this hospital. Apparently current job rotation schedule has had no significant impact on the nurses' job burnout in Ayatollah Kashani hospital and the obtained results suggest that other alternative approaches need to be considered to improve personal accomplishment and to decrease job burnout among nurses.