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PROPOSED RESEARCH
TITLES
LARISSA M. SEVERA, RN
RESEARCH TITLE NO.1: Effects of
Stress Management on Nurse Burnout
◦ RATIONALE:
Burnout is a chronic, work-related stress outcome within the workplace. It has become increasingly
prevalent among employees. The healthcare workers have been prone to burnout recently probably coming from
understaffing due to the increasing number of their colleagues being placed on quarantine; thus, leaving them no
choice but to report to work, amidst not getting enough rest or days off. The high physical, mental, emotional and
spiritual demands of their jobs put them at high risk for burnout. This prevalence calls for intervention, therefore,
stress management must be optimized in order to cope with the demands of their stressful professions.
Stress management is important for it may directly affect the quality of care provided to their patients, thus,
affecting patient satisfaction. On the other hand, stress management may also be beneficial to the healthcare
workers in terms of their personal outlook in their professions. Identifying those who do not follow stress
management techniques may also benefit from this research study, as they will be more aware of others’ practices,
thus, helping them cope better with stress at work.
◦ OBJECTIVES:
1) To identify the stress management techniques of nurses who feel burnt-out.
2) To identify the signs and symptoms of nurse burnout.
3) To alleviate stress in the work environment by guiding the burnt-out nurses with
stress management techniques
4) To determine the effectiveness of stress management.
Possible research questions:
5) Is there a correlation between the use of stress management techniques to the

prevalence of burnout in nurses?
6) What is the impact of work burnout to the nurses’ personal and professional life?
◦ RESPONDENTS/LOCALE:
The proposed study will be conducted within the Bicol Medical
Center; the ICU complex will be the focused study group for they
handle the most complicated cases in the institution. The participants
will be composed of nurses in all walks of life.
◦ EXPECTED OUTCOME:
The outcome of the study could benefit the nurses who are poor in coping with stress. This
study may also divulge the most effective coping mechanism to stress, thus, decreasing
burn-out prevalence at work.
RESEARCH TITLE NO.2: The Relationship
Between Nurse Burnout and Patient Satisfaction
◦ RATIONALE:
The World Health Organization defined burnout as “a syndrome

conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been
successfully managed”. Constantly working in a high-pressure environment,
with responsibilities that require nurses to handle and preserve life, burnout
can be common, especially at this time of pandemic. Furthermore, burnt-out
employees of any institution that are patient-centered, might have negative
outcomes for the quality of their services and may tarnish their reputation and
goal settings.
◦ OBJECTIVES:
-To identify association between nurse burnout and
patient satisfaction
-To determine factors in the nurse work environment that
lead to their burnout
-To determine the reasons of patient dissatisfaction from
nursing care rendered
The proposed study will be conducted within the Bicol Medical Center; the ICU
complex will be the focused study group for they handle the most complicated cases
in the institution and are most likely to experience burnout. The participants will be
composed of nurses in all walks of life.
Improvements in nurses’ work environments in hospitals have the potential to
simultaneously reduce the nurses’ high levels of job burnout and risk patient
outcome and level of satisfaction.
RESEARCH TITLE NO.3: Knowledge and Skills of Nurses in
Pressure Ulcer Prevention at the Bicol Medical Center-ICU Complex
◦ RATIONALE:
Pressure ulcers occur across all healthcare settings; these are injuries that can be
preventable through appropriate nursing interventions. Florence Nigtingale stated in
1860, “if he has a bedsore, it’s generally not the fault of the disease, but of the
nursing”. Pressure ulcers do not mainly develop because of poor care, even with the
best effort of the nurses, patient’s comorbidities should be considered.
Pressure ulcers can cause pain and suffering, even can cause sepsis and may
lead to patient’s death. It is important that nurses make every effort to prevent and
reduce the risks of pressure ulcers developing in people who are at risk of having it.
Their assessment and efficient nursing care and skills are important in the goal of
preventing injury to the patient.
◦ Objective:
-To evaluate BMC Nurses’ knowledge on pressure ulcer prevention
-To determine the nurses’ perceived obstacles to pressure ulcer prevention
The proposed study will be conducted within the Bicol Medical Center; the
ICU complex will be the focused study group for they handle the most patients
who are at the highest risk of having bedsores.
The study may help aid the nurses in enriching their assessment skills and
promote techniques in the prevention of pressure ulcers admitted at the BMC-
ICU Complex.
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5) Is there a correlation between the use of stress management techniques to the

The World Health Organization defined burnout as “a syndrome

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