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Investigating Compassion Fatigue In Medical-Surgical Nurses, Tammy Darlene Shepherd
Investigating Compassion Fatigue In Medical-Surgical Nurses, Tammy Darlene Shepherd
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Medical-surgical nurses are consumed by providing care to patients and families and often forget to care for themselves. Compassion fatigue can lead to lack of caring for one’s self in the nurse’s life. The purpose of this thesis was to examine the existence of compassion fatigue among medical-surgical nurses and determine the correlation between the range of years of nursing experience and range of age in years. A review of the literature has identified that nurses should practice self-care to combat compassion fatigue. The theoretical framework was based on Jean Watson’s Theory of Transpersonal Caring. The Professional Quality of Life …
Compassion Fatigue And Burnout Of Critical Care Nurses, Lyndsey Brooke Couch
Compassion Fatigue And Burnout Of Critical Care Nurses, Lyndsey Brooke Couch
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
The purpose of this study was to explore levels of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary post-traumatic stress of critical care nurses. Compassion fatigue is a combination of physical, emotional, and spiritual depletion that caregivers experience when they care for patients who are in physical or emotional distress. Compassion fatigue has affected many nurses and has a direct effect on patients' satisfactions. Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring served as the theoretical framework for this study. The literature shows that there is a prevalence of compassion fatigue of acute care nurses. A quantitative study was performed using the ProQOL …