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The research has been done as a
description on the purpose of the examination of the the coping skills of
nurses which they have used in the patients with pain and their level of
burnout and their difference. Material and Method: The study was carried out in
Evliya Çelebi Training and Research Hospital of Dumlupınar University (DPU).
The target population of the study includes 358 nurses who work in Evliya
Çelebi Training and Research Hospital of Dumlupınar University (DPU).  The
sample group is formed of 300 nurses who has the inclusion criteria. Personal
Information Form, formed by the researcher in accordance with literature
review, and Maslach Burnout Scale have been used in data collection.
Chi-square, t-test, one way anova test, Mann Whitney-U and Kruskal Wallis test
I have been used in analysis of data. Findings of the research consist of two
parts. The first part includes sociodemograpic attributes and information about
pain. It has been determined that all of the nurses use pharmacological method
in pain management and beside these methods 87,7 percent of them use
non-pharmacological methods and they mostly practice distraction among
non-pharmacological methods. The second part includes nurses’ level of burnout.
It has been found out that the average of nurses’ emotional exhaustion subscale
is 17,3 ±7,09, the average of personal achievement subscale is 21,0 ±3,40 and
the average of desensitization subscale is 4,2 ±3,77. There are significant
differences statistically between personal achievement subscale of the burnout
inventory and the choice of method (p=0,009). It has been studied out that the
personal achievement subscale point of nurses who practice both pharmacological
and non-pharmacological methods is higher than those who practice only
pharmacological methods. In pain management, the research indicates that
without considering where they work or their level of education, all of nurses
prefer practicing their habitual functions and at the same time most of them
use non-pharmacological analgesic methods in addition to pharmacological methods.
When examined their level of burnout, nurses’ burnout is the highest in
personal achievement. Nurses have medium level of burnout in emotional
exhaustion and it is the lowest in desensitization.