Nursing and Health Sciences (2010)‚ 12‚ 235–243 Research Article Compassion fatigue within nursing practice: A concept analysis nhs_526 235..243 Siedine Knobloch Coetzee‚ rn‚ rm‚ bcur‚ mcur‚ phd(c) and Hester C. Klopper‚ rn‚ rm‚ bcur‚ mcur‚ phd‚ mba School of Nursing Science‚ North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)‚ Potchefstroom‚ South Africa Abstract “Compassion fatigue” was first introduced in relation to the study of burnout among nurses‚ but it was never defined within this context;
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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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Helping Nurses Cope With Grief and Compassion Fatigue: An Educational Intervention There are relationships that are developed between nursing and patients throughout the course of treatment. When patients die‚ nurses tend to experience an overwhelming sense of grief and loss. A survey was designed for nurses who worked in a magnet designed hospital in the northeastern United States. It was stated that most nurses ignore their feelings which can lead to physical‚ emotions‚ and spiritual exhaustion
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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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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. This
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Compassion Fatigue Abstract Emerging evidence describes some of the heavy tolls that health professionals experience as they deal with loss of patients‚ traumatic situations‚ supporting families and the overall stress that comes with the nursing profession as a whole. Each patient and family has particular needs (physical‚ psychological‚ social and spiritual) and are deserving of expert care‚ and it is this intensity of need that places nurses at risk of professional compassion fatigue (Melvin
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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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2‚335 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: Framework of Compassion Fatigue University of Texas at Arlington Exploration of Science and Theories for Nursing N5327 Rhonda Mintz-Binder‚ DNP RN CNE September 11‚ 2014 Compassion fatigue‚ which is also known‚ as secondary traumatic stress is a natural effect that occurs as a result of taking care of patients who are in pain‚ stressed‚ suffering‚ or traumatized. Compassion fatigue commonly affects nurses who show extreme empathy for patients
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Health providers suffer from an emotional problem called compassion fatigue. Often times compassion fatigue occurs do to the situations encountered by health care professionals and the pain they feel for the patients they care for. One of the essential components of health care is providing care is compassion Compassion is one of the fundamental characteristics implemented into patient care by health care providers. Compassion signifies “a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is
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caring nurses can become victims of the continuing stress of meeting the often overwhelming needs of patients and their families resulting in compassion fatigue (Kim‚ 2013). Boyle (2011) defines compassion fatigue as contemporary label affixed to the concept of personal vicarious exposure to trauma on a regular basis. For health professionals‚ compassion fatigue arises when providers have close interpersonal contact with a suffering patient and their emotional boundaries become blurred to the point
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