Background: Burnout is more common among nurses than with other healthcare workers. Burnout is estimated to be fifty percent and higher globally due to the work environment and job requirements and expectations and is projected to go higher due to healthcare changes. In Virginia, it is estimated that each nurse experiences a particular type of burnout. More than fiftt-nine percent of nurses in Virginia experience high burnout. EBP Framework: This project is guided by Watson’s theory of transpersonal caring. Watson believes that nursing is central to nurses and nurses need to promote self-care to others as well as themselves. Self-care promotes and maintains health. Aim: The purpose of thsi study is to determine whether teaching nurses about self-care will decreas the rate of nurse burnout. Methods: The Copenhagen Burnout interventory was utilized to meassure burnout before intervention, and again after intervention. T-test was used to compare the two means. Subjects were protected by limiting the collection of identifying information and limiting access to raw data. IRB approval stated that this is not a research but an evidence-based system change. Results: Self-care decreased the burnout level in nurses. Conclusion: Self-care decreased the burnout level in nurses. Conclusion: Self-care can reduce nurse burnout. It is not only the responsibility of nurses to practice selfcare but also the responsibility of the employer to provide a healthy working environment which promotes selfcare.
