Stress of conscience and burnout among nurses in Turkey.

PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout; RESEARCH evaluation; CONFIDENCE intervals; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; CROSS-sectional method; CRONBACH'S alpha; NURSING practice; CONSCIENCE; NURSES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SCALE analysis (Psychology); PSYCHOLOGICAL stress

Purpose: To investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Stress of Conscience Questionnaire (SCQ) and to determine its relationship to burnout among Turkish nurses. Design and Methods: The sample of this study with a cross‐sectional design comprised 375 nurses. The data were collected using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and SCQ. Findings: The mean score of the nurses obtained from the overall SCQ was 85.36 ± 39.3 (min: 0; max: 225). The highest scored item by the nurses was related to "lack of energy to devote themselves to their families." There was a significant positive correlation between the Emotional Exhaustion‐MBI scores and SCQ scores (r = 0.414, p < 0.001). Practice Implications: The Turkish version of SCQ is a valid and reliable tool among Turkish nurses and is associated with emotional exhaustion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]