A Plan For Self-Care Against Compassion Fatigue Brian Murrison University of Kansas Introduction Working in the helping field has its many joys and privileges. Seeing a child‚ whose self esteem is at the bottom‚ light up when he/she accomplishes a new task‚ see the growth an alcohol and drug addict has made in treatment‚ or to see the family‚ that when they entered the door of your office‚ was on the verge of separation‚ but now are communicating and working out their own needs with little assistance
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Combating Compassion Fatigue Student’s Name University Combating Compassion Fatigue Helping people is a very necessary and extremely hard occupation. Not every person has a passion to help others‚ thus very few people can be care givers. This job is very stressful and difficult. Caring victims or seriously ill men nurses face negative emotions‚ suffering‚ and anxiety. Thus‚ sometimes caregivers become disappointed‚ exhausted and unable to do their work. Their
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Combating Compassion Fatigue Caring for others can be a rewarding job‚ but this can lead to stress in all areas of health care. Compassion fatigue refers to an emotional state with negative psychological and physical consequences that emanate from acute or prolonged care giving of people stricken by intense trauma‚ suffering‚ or misfortune. (Bush‚ N. 2009). Compassion fatigue is a gradual decrease in compassion over time. In compassion fatigue a person giving a great amount of energy and compassion
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Running Head: 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
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the significance of Compassion Fatigue (CF) and its effects in the lives of caregivers. A caregiver is defined by dictionary.com as an individual‚ such as a physician‚ nurse‚ or social worker‚ who assists in the identification‚ prevention‚ or treatment of an illness or disability (dictionary.com). Caregivers may also include family members‚ friends or neighbors who voluntarily have accepted responsibility for looking after a vulnerable neighbor or relative
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Compassion If you look up compassion in the dictionary‚ you will see the following definition: Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it. The construct of compassion is not clearly defined in psychological literature. We define compassion as a feeling of sorrow or concern for another person’s suffering or need accompanied by a subsequent desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion is an emotion: a short-lived feeling that anyone may experience.
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November 15‚ 2012 Combating Compassion Fatigue Health care professionals multitask and have many goals in the health care industry‚ and most importantly it is our main duty to assist our patients with the best care. In order to accomplish this goal it is apparent for the health care professionals to practice a well-balanced healthy life style to effectively give care to the patient. In general‚ promoting inadequate healthy measures in a physical and mental way will cause health inconsistencies
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Combating Compassion Fatigue .Read the articles listed in the readings for this module and use them as a starting point for researching the topic of……. compassion fatigue‚ ……….caregiver burnout‚ and related issues. Evaluate your sources to make sure they are academically sound and useful to your study. Compile concepts and resources to help yourself when facing burnout as you care for patients. In 1‚250-1500 words‚ summarize your findings. Be sure to include the following: 1. Identify the warning
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Running head: COMBATING COMPASSION FATIGUE Combating Compassion Fatigue Erika Romero Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Healthcare Combatting Passion Fatigue If you ask anyone in the field of healthcare‚ they will tell you that nursing is a very demanding profession. Many nurses feel weighed down by the emotional and physical demands of their chosen career. They may feel that their efforts go without acknowledgement. They may feel overwhelmed by their workload and
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Compassion Fatigue Grand Canyon University: HLT 310 September 1‚ 2013 Combatting Compassion Fatigue The idea of caring for others is the motivating reason that draws most people into nursing. The concept of being a supportive part of a person’s health care needs is exactly the cause of compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue can hit the best of nurses. Nurses who are highly driven and detail oriented are at a higher risk for developing compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue was a term first
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