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    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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    One of the fundamental values relating to 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

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    relationship based patient care. The cost of humans helping humans especially in a time of need is compassion fatigue‚ burnout or a combination of the two. Of the 3.1 million registered nurses in the United States‚ most will experience compassion fatigue or burnout at one point or another throughout their career. (Lombardo & Eyre‚ 2011). Compassion fatigue is defined as an extreme “fatigue that results from caring for those who are suffering‚ or facing a traumatic situation. Burnout is defined as

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    eight hours into a twelve hour shift. She only got to eat half of her lunch‚ she hasn’t been able to use the bathroom for a few hours‚ and her favorite patient lost their fight that morning and so her mascara that she threw on that morning‚ haphazardly while still half asleep‚ is no longer on her eyelashes‚ but smeared onto her dark eye bags. Also‚ the only other nurse on her unit called in sick this morning‚ and no one could come in to cover. In the book The Shift: One Nurse‚ Twelve Hours‚ Four

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    Eight-Hour versus Twelve-Hour Shifts: Effects on Patient Safety The profession of nursing has changed and grown immensely throughout the past century. Nurses’ responsibilities have increased; today‚ they not only care for the sick‚ but they perform advanced technical skills and are required to know more about medications‚ technology‚ educating patients on their conditions‚ and how to monitor changes in patient status. Increased responsibility coupled with collaboration of multiple

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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 root

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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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    Assignment 12 Hours without Technology Those who identify themselves as technological determinists believe we as humans have remarkably little control over technology and the effect it has on the world. Just two months ago‚ I passionately denied this point of view and identified myself as a social constructivist. Perhaps it is the idea of not being in complete control of my decisions that I did not want to accept. However‚ after completing the challenge of going twelve hours without technology

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    Joyce Daniels Dr. Nala English 101 12 February 2013 Fatigue This is a summary of Jane Brody’s article‚ "Fatigue". Fatigue is one of peoples most common complaints. Even though there is new technology that saves people from doing everything by hand people still complain about being tired. Brody stated that physicians reported people who tend to keep themselves busy with work tend to not be as fatigued. Tiredness mainly comes from not doing much rather than

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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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