Compassion fatigue in nurses: A metasynthesis

Abstract

Aims and objectives: To interpret the body of qualitative work focusing on compassion fatigue to distil a common understanding that could then be applied to nursing care.Background: Complex demands place extraordinary stress on nurses struggling to

Personal characteristics, coping strategies, and resilience impact on compassion fatigue in critical care nurses: A cross‐sectional study

“…This maximum hours worked per week regulation avoids the overtime and broken shift work that is so often a major contributing factor to CF; 12 h shifts mean more time away in larger blocks from the workplace. This is unlike other jurisdictions, where hours are not so regulated by the state and BO is a major casual contributor factor to CF (Nolte, Downing, Ternane, & Hastings‐Tolsma, ).…”

Compassion fatigue in nursing: A concept analysis

“…Once CF is experienced, there is no hope for recovery due to the complete depletion of compassionate energy . Previous concept analyses and other published works on CF in nursing identified an array of physical, emotional, and spiritual manifestations that defined the concept, with the element of exhaustion or decline in energy and lack of empathetic ability being the most common elements . Physical and emotional symptoms of CF were also described metaphorically as “’just plain worn out’ and ’walking on a tight rope’.” , pp.…”

“…Bao and Taliaferro found that the use of psychological capital can eliminate and prevent self‐reported CF while enhancing quality patient care at the same time. Psychological capital encompassed four dimensions that included “self‐efficacy, optimism, hope, and resiliency.” p. 36 It was also suggested that enhancing knowledge about CF could be protective …”

How Japanese nurses participate in decision making: Infants with congenital life‐threatening conditions

“…Although, it should be noted that nurses having the most career have little approach in daily life in hospitals. They may feel compassion fatigue (Joinson, ; Nolte, Downing, Temane, & Hastings‐Tolsma, ) because it is very stressful to care children with life‐threatening conditions and their families with ambivalent feelings. In order to care themselves, it also seemed to be important to communicate and share nurses' feelings with each other timely and have opportunity for grief care for health care providers.…”