A study was conducted to assess the prevalence of burnout syndrome among staff nurses in a selected hospital, Thrissur. The sample size of this study comprised 75 staff nurses. Non probability purposive sampling technique was considered appropriate for this study. The instrument was Maslach Burnout Inventory to assess the level of burnout syndrome among staff nurses. The hypothesis was H0-There will not be a significant association between the levels of burnout syndrome among staff nurses with selected demographic variables. The collected data analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that out of 75 staff nurses, in Emotional Exhaustion 58 samples (77%) were having low level of burnout, 16 samples (21%) were having moderate level of burnout and only 01 sample (02%) was having high level of burnout. Whereas in Depersonalization, 14, 21 and 40 samples (19%, 28%, and 53%) were having low level, moderate level and high level of burnout respectively. Regarding Personal Achievement, low level of burnout was for 38 samples (51%), moderate level of burnout was for 11 samples (15%) and high level of burnout was for 26 samples (34%). Emotional exhaustion shows low level of burnout, depersonalization shows moderate level of burnout and personal accomplishment shows high level of burnout. The study also shows that there is a association of level of burnout with selected demographic variables.

Key words: Burnout Syndrome; Staff Nurses.