Kılıç, Taşkın; Ak, Hatice

According to existing studies, employees in health care sector are the most exposed group to burnout syndrome. The purpose of this study public and private hospitals to determine to comparatively the burnout status of employees. In this context, The study was conducted in a public hospital in Sivas (68 employees), and private hospital (72 employees) health workers. Returning survey forms were evaluated with SPSS programme. According to the result; health care workers involved in the study, half of them exposed the burnout syndrome. There are scientific diffirencies between private hospitals staff burnout syndrome level and public hospital staff. Private hospital staff have a higher level of burnout. The nurses who have face to face contact with patients that more likely to exposure burnout syndrome. In terms of the connected status variables It was found that temporary employeeshas more burnout than permanent employees.