One of the urgent problems of modern professional activity is the risk of emotional burnout. Healthcare workers, especially cancer nurses, are prone to rapid emotional exhaustion and psychological stress due to the specifics of their professional obligations and the atmosphere at work. To reduce the severity of EBOS, nurses may use certain coping strategies or self-control methods. 

Methods. First of all, we conducted a theoretical analysis of research and key concepts related to this problem. To analyze the severity of emotional burnout and self-control methods characteristic of the nurses' personality, the questionnaires "Professional burnout" by K. Maslach and S. Jackson and "Methods of coping behavior" by R. Lazarus and S. Folkman, translated into Russian, were implemented, respectively.

Results. In the theoretical study, after considering the concepts of emotional burnout and self-control methods, we analyzed and schematically presented the main types of coping strategies. As an empirical study, Kazakhstani nurses were offered two questionnaires that allowed them to diagnose the level of professional burnout and the frequency of practicing 8 basic self-control methods. The diagnostic results show the predominance of the average level of development of EBOS and the frequent resort to a coping strategy of self-control among oncological nurses.

Value and significance. This article and the results of scientific research presented in it may be interesting and useful to managers and employees of cancer centers or departments, as well as clinical psychologists studying the problem of emotional burnout.