DETERMINATIVE TRENDS AND FACTORS OF BURNOUT SYNDROME IN GHANA NURSES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/2411-1597.2016.1.7405Abstract
A cross sectional study was conducted to find out reasons why nurses inGhanaare leaving traditional ‘bed side’ practice of nursing and moving into other nursing specialties away from bed side after a relatively short period of practice.
A total of 52 qualified nurses at theKwahuGovt.Hospitalwere interviewed with the aid of a self-administered questionnaire.
All nurses under 30 years of age largely expressed an interest in leaving bed side practice for various reasons. About 82.7% of nurses believed bed side nursing was endangered because nurses were leaving.
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