Investigation of the relationship between stress, burnout, job satisfaction of nurses working in oncology clinic

Abstract

Objective: This descriptive and correlational study aims to identify stress, burnout and job satisfaction of nurses working in oncology clinics.Methods: The sample of the study consist a total of 43 nurses working at oncology clinics at three University Hospital. The Sociodemographic Data Collection Form developed by the researcher based on the literature, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Job Stress Scale and Job Satisfaction Scale were used as data collection tools. Number percentage analysis, one-way analysis of variance and Spearman correlation analysis were used for statistical analysis of the data.Results: It was found that Overall Job Satisfaction had a negative and strong correlation with "Job Role Uncertainty" sub-dimension (r:-0.42 p=0.05), Maslach Burnout Inventory between General Job Satisfaction there was no significant relationship (p<0,05). A negative and significant correlation was found between Job Stress Scale overall score and Overall Job Satisfaction (r:-0.411, p<0.05).Conclusion: According to the result obtained in our study, it can be said that job satisfaction of oncology nurses decreased as their job stress increased and their job satisfaction level and job satisfaction uncertainty decreased as their emotional exhaustion increased.