Combating Compassion Fatigue Grand Canyon University HLT-310V February 24‚ 2012 Combating Compassion Fatigue Introduction Compassion fatigue is an exhaustion that affects people who meet and accompany patients or attend to people whose history is marked by suffering. Listening day after day to dramatic stories tends to exhaust vital energy of a human being and also causes physical‚ psychological and emotional disturbance (Reese‚ 2009). Compassion fatigue affects people who frequently listen
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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 to
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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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Combating Compassion Fatigue Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V Combating Compassion Fatigue Introduction According to Van der Cingal‚ 2009‚ compassion signifies “an acknowledgement of another’s suffering and is accompanied by the expression of a desire to ease or end that suffering”. Persons in the health care industry are known for their compassion and which is what usually draws them to this profession. Nurses work in a stressful environment that is continually
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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 Caregiver Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Healthcare providers have agreed when entering the healthcare profession to give the utmost care to all patients and families. They have dedicated their time and energy to assure all patients are cared for the way the want and need to be treated. Many endless hours are provided to assure that quality and empathetic care is given‚ which can often end up in what is called compassion fatigue and caregiver burnout. There are warning signs to both
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LITERATURE REVIEW Compassion fatigue is a more recent concept and has been studied primarily in nonnursing groups. It’s more common among health care workers than those in education or working with children and family issues. In two studies‚ nurses who cared for people affected by the 2004 hurricane season in Florida either in the emergency room or other deployments were found as groups to have low risk of compassion fatigue (Alexander‚ 2006; Frank & Adkinson‚ 2007). In a more recent study
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Consequences Compassion fatigue consequences negatively affect nurses through staff turnover due to decreased job satisfaction. Additionally‚ compassion fatigue causes nurses to feel anger‚ anxiety self-doubt‚ depression‚ medical errors‚ exhaustion physically‚ and emotionally. Furthermore‚ negative work environments‚ brings overworked nurses‚ that then turns into decreased patient satisfaction scores‚ and ultimately causes limited reimbursement financial dependence. Lack of leadership or management
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Combating Compassion Fatigue Sara Manfre Grand Canyon University: Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V January 20‚ 2015 Combating Compassion Fatigue The nursing profession is a complex field that can challenge you mentally‚ physically‚ emotionally‚ and spiritually. People who go into the field of nursing have daily interacts with patients’ and families in need of medical help and guidance. Nurses face numerous challenges on a daily basis and must be able to handle not only their patients’
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I am not new to the terms compassion fatigue‚ burn out and vicarious trauma. I have worked in the healthcare and substance abuse field for many years now. Compassion fatigue‚ burn out and vicarious trauma is covered often in the healthcare and substance abuse field. Compassion Fatigue Compassion fatigue is defined as; “a state experienced by those helping people in distress; it is an extreme state of tension and preoccupation with the suffering of those being helped to the degree that it can create
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