Role Conflict and its effect on Burnout among Staff Nurses

Abstract

Background: Role conflict has stressful characteristics of the working role; it has a joint effect on job performance ratings. Unclear roles and incompatibility of the responsibilities affect employee performance. Aim: This study aims to measure the effect of role conflict on burnout among staff nurses through assessing role conflict among staff nurses, measuring burnout among staff nurses, finding out the effect of role conflict on burnout among staff nurses. Research design: A descriptive, correlational design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at Urology and Nephrology Center affiliated to Mansoura University Hospitals. Subjects: The study included 130 staff nurses. Tools: Data were collected by using the Role conflict scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results: More than half (53%) of the studied nurses had a low perception of role conflict and only 16.2% of them had a high perception of role conflict. Moreover, more than threequarters (77.7%) of the studied nurses had a low perception of burnout, and only 3.1% of them had a high level of burnout. Conclusion: There was a highly significant statistical correlation between staff nurses' role conflict perception and total burnout. Recommendations: Counseling of nurses with a high-role conflict is required to alter their behavior and increased their capabilities for coping with role conflict. Moreover, developing an effective positive work environment among nursing staff.

Role Conflict and it’s relation to Organizational Silence Behavior among Nurses

“…To facilitate the interpretation of the results of significance tests, a significance threshold of p0.05 was established. Table (1) indicates that (50.2%) of nurses are in age under 30 years old with mean 25.37± 6.835, (64.9%) of them are female, also (59%) of them are married, (50.2%) of them had less than 10 years of experience with average mean7.1433 ± 2.45, while (66.8%) of them have technical institute of nursing, and (50.2%) of them are living in the urban area.…”

“…Figure (1): Percentage distribution of total nurse's role conflict dimensions (no. =205).Figure(1) demonstrates that the high percent of nurses have high roles conflict in dimensions of (worker needs conflict with management requirements, conflict in work requirements in terms of priorities and worker values conflict with management values) as (54.1% -51.2% -42.9% respectively). While the high percent of them have moderate role of conflict in dimension of (work needs conflict with management requirements, worker values conflict with management values & conflict in work requirements in terms of priorities) as ( 36.1% -28.3% -& 24.9%).…”