Prevalence and relationship between burnout, job satisfaction, stress, and clinical manifestations in Spanish critical care nurses.

Stress, burnout, and job satisfaction have become increasingly important in nursing environments over the last 20 years. For critical care nurses, the work environment is extremely stressful, even for the best-prepared professional. The aims of this study were to measure the prevalence of burnout syndrome, job satisfaction, job stress, and clinical manifestations of stress and to demonstrate the relationship between these variables among Spanish critical care nurses with a convenience sample of 74. Results showed a moderate frequency of nursing stress, high frequency of emotional exhaustion, and negative evaluation of career accompanied by moderate development of negative attitudes toward patients (depersonalization). Other findings are also presented.