Abstract

Introduction: Burnout is one of the key factors of reduction in performance. Due to the fact that many stressors are in intensive units and paying special attention to the characteristics of nurses such as their resilience in various units, research on decreasing burnout and increasing satisfaction in the life of the nurses is necessary.

Aim: The aim of this study was identifying and comparative analysis of life-satisfaction, resilience and burnout among intensive and other units’ nurses.

Method: This was causal-comparative study population was all nurses who have worked at Tehran hospitals in 2010.,(304) that were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Data gathering tools were Conner-Davidson resiliency scale (CD-RISK), Diener satisfaction with life scale (SWLS), and Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) and Personal Information Questionnaire. Their internal consistency reliability (Chronbach’s alpha) were α=0.80%.Data were analyzed by one way ANOVA and software SPSS18.

Results: Results of variance analysis showed that nurses in intensive units had less life-satisfaction and resiliency than other units (p<0.01). And burnout for nurses in intensive units is significantly higher than other nurses (p=0.001).

Conclusion: Since working in intensive units causes increase in probability of burnout and as a result of, it decrease in life-satisfaction and on the other hand, high resiliency in nurses is a protective factor against burnout, it is recommended to use nurses with high resiliency in intensive units and enhancement of nurses’ hardy personality rather than just decreasing environmental stressors.