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Compassion Fatigue And Burnout During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Gabrielle Giamanco, Tyler Tanzyus
Compassion Fatigue And Burnout During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Gabrielle Giamanco, Tyler Tanzyus
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed nurses to exhaustion while leaving them with compassion fatigue (CF) and burnout (BO). Compassion fatigue is secondary to traumatic stress and exposure, while burnout is the state of exhaustion of one’s ability to manage with their work and personal everyday stressors. This study aimed to determine whether a daily use of a meditation app could change quality of life indicators amongst front-line nurses affected by COVID-19. With the help of the ProQol assessment tool, along with a pre and post intervention surveys, participants’ awareness and personal experiences were evaluated. The study consisted of nurses …
Discharge Planning Considerations For Congestive Heart Failure: A Dnp Project, Jainarine Ramlochan
Discharge Planning Considerations For Congestive Heart Failure: A Dnp Project, Jainarine Ramlochan
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Abstract
Clinicians are challenged to prevent readmission of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). The purpose of this project was to: 1) prepare students to better understand the discharge process for patients with CHF; and 2) obtain the opinion of nurses that were involved in the discharge process in the presence of COVID-19 Pandemic. The Delta Care Program (DCP) was used to guide the project and may be a useful tool for discharge planning. An intervention on use of the DCP was delivered to students (N = 83). Findings indicated that student nurses felt confident in the application of …