The syndrome of emotional burnout among anesthesiologist nurses

Nowadays, anesthesiologist nurses are expected not only to possess high professionalism, but also to show high moral responsibility. High psychological stress leads to emotional bumout. Emotional burnout is a psychological defense mechanism in the form of complete or partial exclusion of emotions in response t0 psychotraumatic effects. The main signs of emotional bumout include fatigue, bouts of aggression, deterioration of general well-being, decreased social activity, sleep disorders, and lack of emotions. Naturally, anesthesiologist nurses are more susceptible to bumout syndrome than the nursing staff of other departments. The development of bumoutaffects the structure of professional and organizational commitment, which contributes to a decrease in job satisfaction and the effectiveness of the work of anesthesiologist nurses. With the development of "reduction of personal achievements'7, affective professional commitment decreases; with the development of "depersonalization”, the normative commitment as an indicator of the group professional and organizational affiliation of a specialist decreases. High affective commitment to the organization accelerates the development of "emotional exhaustion”, with emotional attachment to one object (organization), the attitude to another (profession) passes into the category of duty.