Профилактика профессионального выгорания у медицинских сестер психиатрических больниц: балинтовский метод

Abstract

Purpose: the article deals with the actual problem of practical medicine — professional emotional burnout in nurses. The importance of prevention of emotional (professional) burnout in nurses increases due to the increase in the level of chronic non-communicable diseases that require long-term care of patients in hospitals. The activity of nurses is associated with intensiveworkloads, high returns required in solving labor problems, professional and legal responsibility for the results of actions. Material and methods: training on the method of Balint Groups to prevent professional burnout in nurses, implemented in GBUZ «Psychiatric hospital No 3. V.A. Gilyarovsky DZM». A questionnaire test «Attitude to work and professional burnout» was developed, containing 137 statements reflecting certain emotional reactions and styles of attitude to work of «helping» professionals in the process of burnout development. Are included in the group of 6–15 people (ideally 8–10), working in the same or different medical or mental institutions, but non-service-related or hierarchical relationships. Results: аs a result of work with the average medical staff of psychiatric profile by the method of Balint Group, improvement of perception and understanding of communication with the patient, awareness of the therapeutic importance of interpersonal relationships and their boundaries was noted, the repertoire of communicative stereotypes was expanded, personal professional growth was achieved. Nurses who have been trained on the method of work in the Balint Group, began to better control their workand psycho-emotional load. Discussion: the Syndrome of professional emotional burnout in medicine is considered as a factor negatively affecting the quality and effectiveness of the performance of professional duties of nurses and their relationships with patients and colleagues. The article provides justification and evidence of the effectiveness of the method of Balint Groups for the prevention of the syndrome of professional emotional burnout in a psychiatric clinic.