Combating Compassion Fatigue Combating Compassion Fatigue Raynell Giron Grand Canyon University HLT 310V Sep. 29th‚ 2012 Combating Compassion Fatigue This writer will define and identify the keys components to compassion fatigue. This writer will also expound upon the warning signs of compassion fatigue and some interventions that can be put into place by the care giver to help avoid compassion fatigue
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forms of health care. According to Katherine A. Hinderer in the article “Burnout‚ Compassion Fatigue‚ Compassion Satisfaction‚ and Secondary Traumatic Stress in Trauma Nurses‚” “trauma nursing encompasses the care of a trauma patient through the entire continuum of care.” As a consequence‚ a great number of this nurses suffer from compassion fatigue‚ compassion satisfaction‚ burnout‚ stress
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Compassion fatigue is not a new concept. As long as individuals have needed help‚ people have come to the rescue. Originally it was identified in social workers‚ as they see sad‚ sometimes devastating situations that they must deal with on a daily basis. In 1992‚ Joinson identified the concept of compassion fatigue in nursing. According to Potter‚ Deshields‚ Divanbeigi‚ Berger‚ Cipriano‚ Norris & Olsen‚ (2010)‚ Joinson identified behaviors that were characteristic of compassion fatigue‚ including
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giving in to the request of Mac‚ was a very critical one. Mercy killing at its best or maybe the worst‚ depending on the perspective you have chosen concerning the case at hand. In “A Crime of Compassion‚” Mac‚ presented his right to die‚ as he was undergoing extreme pain and suffering‚ to the nurse‚ Barbara Huttmann‚ who could have a hand in giving in to Mac’s request and in this case which she eventually did. Terminally ill patients can have both rights – to live or to die or is it so? Is euthanasia
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about Compassion" How many people see someone that desperately needs the helping hands of others‚ then actually acts upon it? It’s much easier to wish that you could help someone in need‚ then truly take the necessary action to assist. However‚ in the two articles‚ “Manchester Couple to Retire to Ghana‚ Where They’ll Care for Children” by Adam Sawamura‚ and “Improbable Family Tie: Iraqi Boy‚ Former GI” by Carrie Antlfinger‚ the main characters all display the ultimate form of compassion humanly
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Compassion As‚ a nurse‚ compassion is critical in my view to be effective in the field of nursing. Compassion encompasses empathy‚ kindness‚ consideration and understanding which will be felt by an individual as one provides care. It requires the delivery of quality care with utmost respect and patience for all individuals irrespective of who they are. The compassion is shown through a nurse- patient relationship which respects the autonomy of patients as individuals who have dignity and worth
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"good death". It must not be misunderstood to mean simply killing he elderly. The purpose of euthanasia is to relieve the terrible suffering and pain of a terminally ill person with an incurable disease. The cause of euthanasia is compassion. Deadly Compassion There are many ways to euthanize. Some of the more common ways in the recent past: * Suffocation with a plastic bag‚ most of the time (but not all of the time) drugging the patient first. * Gassing them to death with carbon monoxide:
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Another example of a facet of humanity‚ compassion‚ is in The Road page 90. The quote is "He sat the boy on the footlocker under the gaslamp and with a plastic comb and a pair of scissors he set about cutting his hair. He tried to do a good job and it took some time. When he was done he took the towel from around the boy’s shoulders and he scooped the golden hair from the floor. [….] He cut his own hair but it didnt come out so good. He trimmed his beard with the scissors while a pan of water heated
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history‚ compassion has been an essential sentiment necessary for proper human interaction. Compassion allows people to put themselves in the position of others and strive to understand the problems‚ while feeling the emotions coupled with said problems. It is often asserted that a redeeming quality this vital must be an innate part of human beings‚ a characteristic that a person is genetically predisposed towards. Contrarily‚ it is claimed that an emotional skill as benevolent as compassion‚ must be
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What does compassion really mean to me? It means to show empathy to someone who is hurt or who got their feelings hurt. Like‚ Elie Wiesel‚ Elie was a Holocaust survivor. He cared for everyone. Compassion meant a lot to him because no one showed compassion. Compassion means to me too‚ show love to someone like Elie Wiesel did. Also‚ to show kindness towards others‚ even if they don’t deserve it. That’s what compassion means to me! The Nazi’s and Hitler showed no compassion during the Holocaust
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