An Investigation On Nurses’occupation Cognition And Job Burnout In Ningbo Area

ObjectiveTo investigate nurses’ occupational cognition and job burnout in different level nurses in the hospitals of Ningbo area. To compare nurses’ occupational cognition level and the severity of nurses’ job burnout between Ningbo area and other areas. To identify the leading factors impacting nurse’s occupational cognition level and severity of job burnout. This study also explores the correlation between different factors.MethodsQuestionnaires were delivered to1750registered nurses in28hospitals of Ningbo area. Samples were stratified according to different hospital grades. A retrospective study and field survey methods were used in the study. The collected data were entered to Epidata version3.0to establish the original data source. Data were analyzed through SPSS software version19.0.ResultsNurses were in heavy work orientated stress and had low career perspective. Compliance of basic nursing care was low. More than50%of the nurses inclined to leave wards and preferred to work at light departments. The samples had low satisfaction of work environment and income. It was identified that work place was one of the main factors contributing work orientated stress. Hospital scale, length of work, age, type of contract and income were the contributing factors of job burnout. There was a correlation between occupational cognition and job burnout. A significant difference of occupational cognition and job burnout between nurses’ personalities and the occupational characters was detected (P<0.05).ConclusionThe overall occupational cognition was low and the job burnout level was at middle and high level in registered nurses of Ningbo area. Nurses were at apparently low level of personal achievement. Nurses’general job burnout level in Ningbo area was higher than Jiaxing and Hangzhou area in Zhejiang province. The severity of job burnout in tertiary hospital nurses was significantly higher than secondary and primary hospitals. Tertiary hospital nurses showed good job stability although they had small career development space. The study is to recommend nurse administrators to pay high attention to nurses’ health physically and mentally.