ABSTRACT
Optimal performance of hospitals depends on effective management of manpower and equipment. The Hospital nurses have numerous occupational difficulties. Burnout is one of these problems that threatens the physical and psychological health of nurses and is one of the important causes of absence, energy depletion and low efficiency among nursing staff. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between burnout and occupational management approach of nurse administrators in Golestan University hospitals This is a descriptive-analytical study aiming at assessing 272 nurses affiliated to Golestan province university hospitals, using Maslach Burnout inventory [MBI] and management approach questionnaire. MBI assesses emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment and management approach questionnaire including planning, organizing, control, leadership, motivation, staff participation, reward and punishment. The statistical analysis was done by SPSS for windows. qi-square and U-Man-witny tests were applied for analyses in this study. The age range of nurses was 25-45 years and 95 of them were male and 177 were female [206 married]. 5.5% of staff rated their head nurses' management approach very good, 51.5% partially good and 0.7% of them perceived it completely bad. There was a significant relationship between burnout of nurses and accuupational management approach of head nurses with staff in terms of intensity and frequency of burnout [P<0.05]