PRIMARY PREVENTION OF BURNOUT SYNDROME IN NURSES AT GENERAL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER

SUMMARY- The syndrome of burnout at work and secondary traumatization are disorders that can occur in everyone engaged in helping professions. Nursing as a profession falls in this category. The main aim of the study was to familiarize nurses with the risks of burnout syndrome, then to assess the presence of these disorders and to of difference between nurses working at hospital wards and those from healthcare service. Three questionnaires were distributed to the study subjects, in order to sensitize them to the issue. Data analysis and statistical data processing indicated the same points of view in the two groups and pointed to the existence of some individual cases of the syn-drome. Statistically significant differences were only found for some answers, as shown in graphs and tables