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Objective: This research was carried out as a descriptive study to determine the burnout level of nurses working in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Materials and Methods: The research was conducted with 90 nurses working in Van Regional Training and Research Hospital Intensive Care Clinics between January and April 2014. Data werecollected by personal information survey and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Data were analyzed using SPSS software 20.0. Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis test, as well as descriptive statistics, were utilized in the investigation of data. Results: Of surveyed nurses, 80% are 20-29 years old, 61.2% graduated from at least a 4-year undergraduate program, 70.6% have less than 1-4 years of nursing experience, 51.8% is partially content with the working environment, 38.8% chose the nursing career for its higher chance of being employed. The nurses who would switch occupation at the first opportunity and the nurses who works 10 shifts or more in a month have a statistically higher average emotional exhaustion score. The nurses who are not content with their working environment have a statistically higher average emotional exhaustion score and average depersonalization score. The single nurses have a statistically higher average depersonalization score ( p<0.05). Age groups, gender, educational status did not have a statistically significant impact on any of MBI’s subscales (p>0.05). The average total MBI score of the population is 46.91±8.4,the average emotional exhaustion score is 19.92±6.75, the average depersonalization score 6.34±3.53, the average personal accomplishment score is 20.77±4.87. Conclusion: This research helps provide insight into the burnout status of ICU nurses and shed light on future initiatives to alleviate burnout.

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