Tununu, Anathi F.Martin, Penelope D.2021-01-062021-01-062020Tununu, A. F., & Martin, P. D. (2020). Prevalence of burnout among nurses working at a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape. Curationis ,43(1), e1-e70379-857710.4102/curationis.v43i1.2117http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5578Nurses are exposed to stress when working in the mental health care environment. This may be because of nurses being frontline health care providers. They develop close interpersonal relationships with mental health care users (MHCUs), which is inherent in the type of care that is provided. Mental health nursing may therefore be demanding and stressful, which could render mental health nurses susceptible to burnout. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of burnout among nurses working at a selected psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape. METHODS: A quantitative, descriptive, survey design, by using simple random sampling was used to select 198 nurses employed at a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa. Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey measuring emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment was used to collect the data.enBurnoutDepersonalisationEmotional exhaustionLack of personal accomplishmentMental health care usersBook chapter