P Pr re ev va al le en nc ce e o of f B Bu ur rn no ou ut t S Sy yn nd dr ro om me e i in n tAbstract:: Burnout is considered a syndrome, judged in many studies as an indicator of subjective well-being. It is assessed by a general measure related to a type of work stress. This study addresses the burnout syndrome in a teaching hospital in Recife, Pernambuco. Objectives: To characterize the sample and determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome in nurses working in ICUs of a teaching hospital in Recife. Methods: A descriptive, crosssectional prospective of nurses working in Intensive Care Units (ICU), in September 2013, where he applied a structured and validated questionnaire called the Maslach Burnout Inventory. For data collection was used Maslash Burnout Inventory (MBI) with 22 items related to Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Professional Achievement (RP) and Depersonalization (D) being allocated to them questions 1 to 9, 10 to 17 and 18 to 22 respectively. It is a Likert scale of 7 points, ranging from 0 (never) to 6 (every day), complemented by a semistructured interview. The data were analyzed using the statistical program EPIINFO public domain, version 3.5.2. Conclusion: We conclude that the Burnout syndrome in the studied institution has a low prevalence 15.4% (6), matched against nurses who are at risk of developing the syndrome is 72.3% (29), identifying an alert to this sample surveyed.