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Do Compassion Rounds Improve Professional Quality Of Life For Nurses ?, Deepti Bhatnagar, Martha E.F. Highfield
Do Compassion Rounds Improve Professional Quality Of Life For Nurses ?, Deepti Bhatnagar, Martha E.F. Highfield
2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference
Background: When RN worklife quality is positive, nurse and patient outcomes are positive (e.g, RN retention and patient satisfaction), and when worklife quality is negative, outcomes are negative (e.g., RN disengagement and errors).Yet professional quality of life(QOL)among RNs in progressive care units (PCUs) is undocumented. Stamm’s framework of compassion satisfaction and fatigue guided this study. Purpose: The purpose was to test the effect of supportive groups on professional quality of life. The hypothesis: Compassion Rounds (CR) will improve compassion satisfaction and reduce compassion fatigue among PCU RNs. Methods/ design: Using a quasi-experimental design we measured RNs’ professional QOL once …