SOCIAL WORKERS’ PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT PREVENTION AND OVERCOMING

Professional-Bureaucratic Conflict and Intraorganizational Powerlessness among Social Workers

Conflict Between Professional Ethics and Practice Demands: Social Workers’ Perceptions

This study examined the degree to which social workers perceived experiencing ethical conflicts in the contexts of their practice environments. A sample of 376 NASW members filled out questionnaires to report on a Likert scale the degree to which eight vignettes describing practice situations presented a value conflict, were frequent, and were inevitable. Findings indicated that respondents ten...

Relationship between hardiness and nurses’ professional burnout

Introduction: Burnout syndrome includes aspects of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decrement of personal accomplishment which medical staffs are vulnerable to because of their exposure to physical and psychological stressors. In different professions nursing is one of the most important sources of occupational burnout. According to studies some characteristics such as psychological...

Burnout and nurses' personal and professional values.

The research described in this article was a descriptive study for determining the relationship between the degree of burnout experienced by nurses working in Kocaeli (Turkey), and their personal and professional values. A questionnaire was developed by using information gained from the literature on this subject and from the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The questionnaire was delivered to nurses ...

Overcoming burnout: how to revitalize your career.

Burnout is becoming increasingly common in the health care profession. Indicators of burnout include feeling overworked, frustrated, emotionally drained, and less productive. Burnout leads to interpersonal conflicts, physical symptoms, compulsive activities, decreased productivity, and negative emotions. Individuals who experience burnout believe they cannot change their situation. Job burnout ...