Abstract:
This study is explanatory research with a cross-sectional survey. The objective of the study was to find the relationship between burnout at work and work engagement. The sample group was 131 registered nurse in an autonomous university hospital for not less than 1 year with specific sampling. The data collection instrument was 121 questionnaires used for analysis, which accounted for 92.36%; by using Pearsons product moment correlation coefficient, one way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that a registered nurse in an autonomous university hospital, had a high level in work engagement, a moderate level in burnout on exhaustion, and high level in depersonalization and personal accomplishment. The relationship between depersonalization and personal accomplishment and work engagement of registered nurse is moderately negative (r = -.489, p-value < 0.01, r = -.489, p-value < 0.01, r = -.446, p-value < 0.01) respectively. The percentage of variation between burnout at work and work engagement was 37.5% (adjusted R2 = .359 p < 0.05). According to the results of the study, nurse administrators should determine a policy for monitoring, exploring and estimating symptoms classified by age and years of work in the hospital. They can then help them to build motivation with environmental modification to contribute to work properly, such as communication channels from the operational level to executive level by using new technologies to reduce complicated procedures