The Burnout Syndrome in Emergency Department Triage Nurses (BurN_ED)

Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burnout, Professional; Nurse's Role

Treatments: Other: Triage scoring efficacy; Diagnostic Test: Copenhagen Burnout Inventory

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03110536

9253/11.04.2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

Assessment of burnout syndrome of triage nurses from Emergency Departments from Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Full description

This study is aiming at assessing the burnout syndrome amongst triage nurses working in the Emergency Departments in Cluj-Napoca. The study design is observational, prospective and multicentric.

At this moment, there are 43 nurses covering triage shifts in the Emergency Clincial County Hospital Cluj and 18 more within Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca. On average, these ED roughly attend 90.000 patients yearly.

Questionnaires are based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, with additional clinical cases that require triage coding according to The Romanian National Triage Protocol of 2016. Each triage nurse will complete the questionnaire when beginning the triage shift and after a period of 2, 4 or 6 hours.

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ED nurse within Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj and Emergency Clinic Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca.

Exclusion criteria

• triage experience of at least 1 year

Trial design

56 participants in 3 patient groups

2h assessment

Description:

The assessment of the burnout syndrome will be carried out at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2 hours.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Copenhagen Burnout Inventory

Other: Triage scoring efficacy

4h assessment

Description:

The assessment of the burnout syndrome will be carried out at the beginning of the triage shift and after 4 hours.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Copenhagen Burnout Inventory

Other: Triage scoring efficacy

6h assessment

Description:

The assessment of the burnout syndrome will be carried out at the beginning of the triage shift and after 6 hours.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Copenhagen Burnout Inventory

Other: Triage scoring efficacy