응급실 간호사의 소진, 업무수행, 전문직 정체성에 관한 연구

A Study of Emergency Room Nurses Burn-out, Nursing Performance, and Professional Identity

This study was done to examine ER nurses burn-out, as an understanding in the relationship of nursing performance and professional identity. The subjects of the study were nurses working in the emergency room of the general hospital with over 300 beds, located in D metropolitan city and C city. The self-report questionnaires were administered and 120 were collected. For the data analysis, SPSS WIN 12.0 was used. ER nurses burn-out was 2.99, the mean of nursing performance was 3.69, and professional identity was 3.51. The extent of ER nurses burn-out showed significantly negative correlation with the extent of nursing performance(r= -.257), along with professional identity(r= -.192). While ER nurses nursing performance showed significantly positive correlation with professional identity(r=.696). In conclusion, the higher professional identity, the fewer ER nurses experienced burn-out, and the higher extent of nursing performance was obtained. It is necessary to create activities and programs to reduce and prevent burn-out.