A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE PERCEIVED BURNOUT SYMPTOMS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG STAFF NURSES IN SELECTED HOSPITALS OF DELHI NCR WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPE INFORMATIONAL GUIDELINES ON BURNOUT MANAGEMENT

The concept of stress in the workplace is of great importance in health care. Among health care professionals especially nurses are generally considered a high risk group regarding work stress and burnout. Burnout is a psychological term for the negative response to chronic job-related emotional stress. In other words, burnout results from people giving too much of their time, energy and effort on the job over a long period of time without adequate time to recover physically or emotionally. When an individual attempts to minimize the negative feelings arising from a negative event, this is considered as coping process. Worldwide, health professionals and the hospital authorities have become concerned about the concept of 'burnout' and have tried to solve this problem