STUDY TITLE : A cross sectional descriptive study to investigate the prevalence and extent of burnout and it’s association with personal resilience – in staff nurses, trained nursing assistants caring for psychiatric (dementia) patients across public institutions in Barbados. Scales to be employed : MASLACH BURNOUT SCALE (MBI-HSS) CONNOR DAVIDSON RESILIENCE SCALE May use Areas of work life scale along with the MBI Required parameters 1)SUMMARY 2)INTRODUCTION 3)JUSTIFICATION/LITERATURE REVIEW – needs to highlight research gaps 4)AIM 5)HYPOTHESES 6)OBJECTIVES 7) METHODOLOGY a) study design b)sampling methodology 8)STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 9)ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS a)POTENTIAL BENEFITS/HARMS 10) LIMITATIONS