A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Emotional Exhaustion and Its Prevention among Staff Nurses in Selected Hospital, Kanpur, U.P

A quick and unpredicted state of health care puts nurses at risk of injury and illness. Nurses have big responsibilities and great challenges. Nurses are exhibit to many pressing needs and pressures and are therefore at greater risk for a wide range of health, safety and other problems. Emotional exhaustion is a chronic illness caused by exhaustion. Methods Evaluative research approach was used for this study and it aims to assess the knowledge regarding emotional exhaustion and its prevention among staff nurses. Structured knowledge questionnaire regarding emotional exhaustion and its prevention were used. Non probability convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. Result This revealed that 59 of the staff nurses had inadequate knowledge and 41 had moderately adequate and no one having adequate knowledge regarding emotional exhaustion and its prevention. The chi squared test value was found to be statistically significant at p value. Conclusion Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn that highest percentage of staff nurses having inadequate knowledge and lowest percentage of staff nurses having moderately adequate knowledge and no one having adequate knowledge regarding emotional exhaustion and its prevention. Therefore knowledge of staff nurses can be further improved by providing in service education, educational programmes, or health education in this aspect. Miss. Kaveri Verma | Mrs. S. Andal "A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Emotional Exhaustion and Its Prevention among Staff Nurses in Selected Hospital, Kanpur, U.P." Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd47683.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/47683/a-study-to-assess-the-knowledge-regarding-emotional-exhaustion-and-its-prevention-among-staff-nurses-in-selected-hospital-kanpur-up/miss-kaveri-verma