Running head: COMPASSION FATIGUE 1 Compassion Fatigue: A Concept Analysis A Paper Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for NU 506 Theoretical Foundations of The practice of nursing is synonymous with the concepts of empathy‚ compassion‚ nurturing‚ and caring. In the last two decades‚ a global nursing shortage has developed‚ leading to a phenomenon in nursing never seen before; the delivery of nursing care without nurturing. Increased workloads‚ higher patient acuity‚
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of life‚ not only of a dying patient but his family too. Nurses who continuously give this kind of interference in a fast – pace and more complex condition might experience much stress and may become more vulnerable to compassion fatigue‚ burnout and resilience. Compassion fatigue occurs when a nurse re-experience‚ remembers‚ avoids a situation happened in the past with added effects of cumulative stress. Because of this‚ the nurse is eager to help an individual‚ who is traumatized‚ or suffering
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Compassion Fatigue Jessica Schultz Brigham Young University – Idaho What does compassion fatigue mean? Compassion fatigue is a severe exhaustion that results from the strain of caregiving. Prolonged‚ continuous‚ and intense caring for patients and families that are dealing with stressful changes can lead to compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue can be described as the combination of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Burnout involves emotional exhaustion‚ and depersonalization. Secondary
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nursing is compassion. The majority of students who enter nursing school have more than just the desire to quickly find a stable and financially secure job. They must have altruistic qualities that drive them into nursing because it is physical and emotional demanding profession. As nurses‚ we tend to continuously give up ourselves for the well being of our patients‚ but there comes a point when we can no longer give one hundred percent of ourselves to the patient anymore‚ leading to compassion fatigue
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A Commentary on Compassion Fatigue in the Nursing Profession KLD Rhode Island College A Commentary on Compassion Fatigue in the Nursing Profession When we think of what key elements are required to be a nurse‚ there are several words that come to mind. Compassionate‚ caring‚ attentive‚ conscientious‚ diligent‚ and hard working are to name a few. The very attributes that highlight the nursing profession‚ are also the
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Effects of Compassion Fatigue on Patient Care and Nurses Name Professor Institution Course Date Introduction Compassion fatigue has already been identified as a combination of emotional‚ physical‚ and spiritual depletion which is associated with the caring of patients in significant physical distress and emotional pain. Although the literature is awash with a lot of definitions of compassion fatigue‚ Joinson (1992)‚ gave the first definition of this concept during her
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It has been suggested that in order for nurses to overcome compassion fatigue‚ they need to stop focusing on the stressful aspects of being a helper and begin to consider ways in which their work brings a sense of fulfillment (Radey & Figley‚ 2007). The phrase compassion satisfaction is used to describe this feeling of accomplishment that results from the process of helping others and brings nurses back to the altruistic reasons they had picked the profession in the first place. Radey & Figley (2007)
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no difference (Stamm‚ 2010). In the study‚ it is included as one of the subscales of the professional quality of life. It refers to exhaustion‚ lack of motivation‚ or feeling of ineffectiveness that the nurses may feel within the workplace. Compassion Fatigue. It is the emotional distress or apathy resulting from the constant demands of caring for others or from constant appeals from charities (Stamm‚ 2010). In the study‚ it is included as one of the subscales of the professional quality of life
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In the article “Fatigue” Brody explains that people have recently been complaining more today about fatigue then when people were actually doing more labor‚ he then informs us of three types of fatigue Pathological fatigue‚ Physical fatigue and Psychological fatigue‚ and not only there causes of Physical exertion but their cures. Pathological fatigue is described as sick symptoms underlying a physical symptom. Some could be as small as having a cold or flu while‚ on the other hand it could be something
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Prof. M.M.Mayuram FATIGUE CONSIDERATION IN DESIGN OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE In this module we will be discussing on design aspects related to fatigue failure‚ an important mode of failure in engineering components. Fatigue failure results mainly due to variable loading or more precisely due to cyclic variations in the applied loading or induced stresses So starting from the basic concepts of variable (non-static) loading‚ we will be discussing in detail how it leads to fatigue failure in components
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