Burnout syndrome in intensive care unit nurses: integrative review
International Journal of Development Research
Burnout syndrome in intensive care unit nurses: integrative review
Received 17th August, 2019; Received in revised form 11th September, 2019; Accepted 26th October, 2019; Published online 30th November, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Millena Karem Altino dos Santos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Burnout is identified as a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and decreased personal fulfillment, occurring in nursing professionals due to continued exposure to situations with people with chronic diseases, work overload, among other situations. The present study aims to analyze the studies published in Periodicals about the theme Burnout Syndrome in nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Through an Integrative Review of the exploratory, descriptive literature. The scope of the research was based on 11 articles on the subject raised in the MEDLINE, LILACS and BDENF databases, from 2008 to 2018. The results presented show signs and symptoms of Burnout Syndrome developed by ICU nurses and which factors influence the disease process. With the present study we seek to instigate new researchers in the investigation about Burnout Syndrome in ICU Nurses.
