• Karadag ArliSenaySAgri Ibrahim Cecen University School of Health senay1981@yahoo.com., Ayse Berivan Bakan, and Ela Erisik.
• Agri Ibrahim Cecen University School of Health senay1981@yahoo.com.
• J Holist Nurs. 2017 Sep 1; 35 (3): 214-220.

PurposeThis study aims to evaluate the relationship between nurses' views on spirituality and spiritual care and their level of burnout.MethodThis cross-sectional study used a convenience sample that comprised 118 nurses from one state hospital in eastern Turkey. The data were collected through questionnaires that were filled by the nurses individually, using a sociodemographic characteristics form, the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory.ResultsA statistically significant relationship was found between subscale scores of Maslach Burnout Inventory and total score of Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale. With the increase in nurses' spiritual care mean scores, there was an increase in the mean scores of the Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Personal Accomplishment subscales.ConclusionsNurses' burnout levels increased with the increase in their spirituality and spiritual care mean scores. This situation can be associated with the fact that providing spiritual care increases nurses' workload. Therefore, similar studies are recommended to be conducted with wider groups of participants.© The Author(s) 2016.

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