Correlation between Professional Values and Job Burnout Level of Community Nurses in Changchun

ObjectiveTo understand the situations of the professional values and job burnout levels of community nurses in Changchun and the correlation between them.MethodsThe professional values and job burnout scale were adopted to investigate 192 community nurses from Changchun by cluster sampling method.ResultsThe total mean score of professional values,the total mean score of job burnout,and the detection rate of burnout were 3.21±0.64,2.41±0.63 and 90.1%,respectively.There was a negative correlation between the professional values and job burnout levels of community nurses(r =-0.354,P 0.05).The influencing factors of professional value included job satisfaction degree and professional titles(P 0.05,P 0.01).The influencing factors of job burnout included education degree and working time and job satisfaction degree(P 0.05,P 0.01).ConclusionThere was a negative correlation between the professional values and job burnout levels of community nurses.However,the detection rate of job burnout is higher in community nurses.The community nurses were neutral to positive for the professional.The nursing administrators should strengthen professional values education for community nurses with different qualifications,job titles and work experience,enhance their job satisfaction and prevent and reduce their job burnout.