title: The environment of professional practice and Burnout in nurses in primary healthcare.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess how nurses perceive autonomy, control over the environment, the professional relationship between nurses and physicians and the organizational support and correlate them with burnout, satisfaction at work, quality of work and the intention to quit work in primary healthcare.
  
  
  METHODS
  cross-sectional and correlation study, using a sample of 198 nurses. The tools used were the Nursing Work Index Revised, Maslach Burnout Inventory and a form to characterize the nurses. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics were applied and Spearman's correlation coefficient was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the nurses assessed that the environment is partially favorable for: autonomy, professional relationship and organizational support and that the control over this environment is limited. Significant correlations were evidenced between the Nursing Work Index Revised, Maslach Burnout Inventory and the variables: satisfaction at work, quality of care and the intent to quit the job.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the nurses' perceptions regarding the environment of practice are correlated with burnout, satisfaction at work, quality of care and the intent to quit the job. This study provides support for the restructuring of work processes in the primary health care environment and for communication among the health service management, human resources and occupational health areas.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vera Regina
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edinêis de Brito
authors.initials: Ede B
authors.lastname: Guirardello
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009729:Nursing; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011364:Professional Practice; D055815:Young Adult