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Background :Burnout is state of physical, emotional stress and mental caused by a cronic state of pressure in emotional demands.The Inpatient Department (IPD) is a highly stressful environment, and related to burnout syndrome.Symptoms from burnout syndrome might cause negative effect on patient care, absence of innovation, causing an overall reduced performance with all daily responbilities.This study aimed to describe burnout syndrome in inpatient hospital nurses.This research was a quantitative study with total sampling techniques.Nurse were interviewed about highly stressful environment related to burnout syndrome. Nurse outcomes measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).Total of fifty four respondents recruited in the study. The characteristic of respondents consist of gender (94.4 %),range of age 20–30 years old (74.1%),education (61.1%),working experience (51.9%) .The respondents consisted of twenty two nurses (40,7 %) emotional exhaustion dimensions,fifty three nurses (98,1 %) depersonalization dimension, thirty eight nurses (70,4 %) personal accomplishment. Conclusion of the study, depersonalization dimension contributed more on the inpatient burnout of nurses in a private hospital. Implication, hospitals should make available stress management programs that address symptoms of burnout and assure safe nurse staffing patterns are in place to improve patient satisfaction with care.