Burnout Level Of Midwife And Nurse Students and Triggering Factors

In this research, burnout levels of the students of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Selcuk University and factors influencing these levels were intended to be determined. Data of the study in descriptive type were collected between April- May 2012. Totally, 627 students took part in the research. Maslach Burnout Scale and personal information form developed by researchers were used as a data collection tool. MBI scale is composed of three dimensions; emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. Statistical analyses of the research were conducted through using Oneway ANOVA test, Tukey HSD test, Mann Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis and student t test according to the fact that they have a normal range or not in SPSS 16,0. Correlation analysis was used in the comparison of the burnout levels with the grade point average. Results have been evaluated in % 95 confidence interval, significance has been evaluated in p 0.05 level. As a result of this study, significant differences have been statistically found out between the burnout levels of the midwife and nurse students and some variables. When burnout levels of the students were examined according to the department they studied, significance has been found between two groups (p 0,05). When this significance is examined, it is seen that emotional burnout and desensitization scores of the nurse students are higher than the midwife students, their personal success grades are lower. There is a statistical significant difference between the emotional burnout and class levels of the students (p 0,05). The higher the class level is, the higher emotional burnout level is. When the burnout levels of the students are examined according to gender, no significance has been found out between the emotional burnout level and them (p 0,05). When the burnout levels of the students are examined according to marital status, economic situation and place of birth and where the students grew up, no significance has been found out between the emotional burnout level and them (p 0,05). Findings underline the importance of the nursing and midwifery education in terms of burnout syndrome. In order to enable the protection and development of the community health and increase the quality of patient care, education of the nurse and midwife students, who are the basic component of the health sector, should be paid attention and supported socially.