Running head: COMBATING COMPASSION FATIGUE Combating Compassion Fatigue Renee Rundle Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Healthcare HLT-210V Emory Davis August 09‚ 2013 Combating Compassion Fatigue Introduction Working in the healthcare field‚ especially in nursing‚ is more of a calling than a job‚ in this student ’s opinion. It requires passionate dedication to patients‚ long hours and often means putting the needs of others before oneself. However‚ these things are the very
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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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Combating Compassion Fatigue Grand Canyon University: HLT 310-V February 2‚ 2014 Combating Compassion Fatigue Compassion is an essential attribute that nurses must posses in order to provide appropriate care to the patients and families they come in contact with. Nurses work many long shifts taking care of sick patients and grieving families‚ and may not take the time to care for their physical‚ emotional and spiritual needs properly. After a while‚ the long hours and stress may catch
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Combating Compassion Fatigue Kimberly Tozi Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Healthcare HLT-310V-O101 Dr. Todd Fowler November 17‚ 2013 Combating Compassion Fatigue These days’ nurses are ‘doing more and more with less resources’. Our profession has been known as being of a co-dependent nature. This nature is not only reflected in our career choice but also frequently in our family management which can place double the stress on the nurse. Demands on nurses can lead to burnout
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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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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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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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“On Compassion” by Barbara Lazear Ascher The purpose of this essay is to question the readers. Ascher wants the audience to analyze themselves to determine the reason behind why people show kindness‚ whether it is out of fear‚ pity‚ or compassion. Compassion is learned through experience and seeing those less fortunate; it brings out sympathy because one cannot ignore it when unfortunate people are everywhere. “And yet‚ it may be that these are the conditions that finally give birth
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Concept Analysis: Patient Advocacy College of Science and Health Professions Department of Health Professions: Nursing The purpose of this concept analysis is to identify‚ focus‚ and refine how patient advocacy is perceived by professional nurses in the nursing community. This paper will follow the Walker and Advant (2011) method of concept analysis to identify the concept of patient advocacy from existing literature with the aim to analyze and provide clarity and direction for enhancement
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Concept Analysis: Mentoring Nurse Managers Nursing 501 Wilkes University April 23‚ 2009 Abstract Mentoring is a multidimensional relationship that energizes personal and professional growth (Wagner and Seymour‚ 2007). The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of mentoring and the key role it plays in the development of nurse managers. Introduction Over the past 20 years the concept of mentoring has grown more popular in our workplaces. Many public service organizations
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