The Relationship Between Compassion Fatigue and Nursing Care Quality in Intensive Care Units
Nafiseh Abedian,
Homeira Khoddam,
Shohreh Kolagari
Abstract:Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses are repetitively exposed to traumatic situations and stressful events, which can lead to compassion fatigue (CF). Compassion fatigue can negatively affect the nurses' emotional and physical health and job satisfaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between CF and nursing care quality in ICU. This descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 46 ICU nurses and 138 ICU patients, in 2 referral hospitals in Gorgan, Northeast of Iran in 2020. Participants… Show more
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