Nurses are the front line professional staffs in a health care organisation. Their role is to deliver high-quality services to patients. However, several studies have shown that nurses have a higher risk of developing emotional distress (Lindsay et al. 2008, Lim et al.2010, Laranjeira 2011). Hence, the primary aim of this study by Wang, S., Liu, Y. and Wang, L. (2015) is to investigate the level of burnout of clinical nurses and to examine the influence of personal and environmental factors on nurse burnout. The research questions of this study were (1) What is the level of job burnout among clinical nurses in Tianjin, China? and (2) Are demographics, self-efficacy, job stress and professional nursing practice environment (PNPE) predictors
