Journal Article Summary Flarity, K., Eric Gentry, J., & Mesnikoff, N. (2013). The effectiveness of an educational program on preventing and treating compassion fatigue in emergency nurses [Electronic version]. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 35(3), 247-258. Introduction - Emergency Room (ER) nurses risk compassion fatigue due to multiple work environment stressors such as; noise level, patient volume, continuous influx of patients, frequency of patient deaths, witnessing devastating trauma and illness. Compassion fatigue leads to psychological and physical problems resulting in decreased job satisfaction and performance.…
The narrative review endorsed and published by the American Psychological Association, “Predictors of Compassion Fatigue in Mental Health Professionals: Narrative Review”, identifies another factor that correlates compassion fatigue with experience. The review reported that “Compassion fatigue increased with years spent working in the field of trauma counseling” and that long-time a “mental health practitioner in a children’s hospital were also more likely to report high compassion fatigue” (Turgoose and Maddox). In this era of huge scientific and technological advances, a growing trend of decreased interpersonal interaction is occurring in the health care profession which is leading to higher rates compassion fatigue. In the article, “Compassion…
Development of CFT Paul Gilbert developed Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) to address complex mental health issues arising from abuse, neglect, trauma and bullying that result in high levels of shame and self-criticism. Compassion is defined as ‘sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it’ (Merriam-webstercom, 2017). Gilbert observed that other traditional methods of CBT seemed to have something missing when exploring deeper psychological issues.…
There are many aspects that could cause compassion fatigue with the Riverez family. When you are a practitioner you walk a fine line with finding yourself caring too much. The Riverez family is suffering from many different issues at once. As a professional you want to help the family to build up their lives. When issues arise, a family looks to the professional for guidance and when you are unable to complete the task it does cause more stress on the professional.…
Compassion fatigue, the reduction of empathy, can affect many people in a variety of fields. The majority of these fields, including medicine, involve traumatic experiences, which can lead to compassion fatigue. One field that has not been studied and researched as much as some fields is law enforcement. Some studies have looked at how compassion fatigue affects law enforcement’s likelihood of violence, and some have researched police officers who work with rape victims. In general, compassion fatigue has an effect on police officers regardless of who they work with.…
When faced with a strenuous period in life, people develop coping mechanisms. However, some mechanisms can be disastrous such as drinking. Compassion fatigue is no exception with substance abuse being one of its behavioral signs. Substance abuse is “well known to …have a negative effect on their family” (www.drugs.ie), and robs the ability of the provider to relate with family. The effects of compassion fatigue on health care professionals is a natural response to witnessing repeated trauma over a lifetime.…
1. Explain why the compassion gap is problematic. From your perspective, what needs to happen to eliminate the compassion gap? There are a plethora of laws in effect that state one cannot be discriminated against for various reasons.…
Literature Review Compassion fatigue strongly impacts nurses as well as patients throughout healthcare. Awareness is essential among compassion fatigue not only emphasizes the reality of burnout, increased unnecessary stress, negative work environments, lack of leadership support, nursing retention problems, reduced patient satisfaction scores, and financial contingencies specifically patient reimbursements (Kelly, 2015; Hunsaker, 2015; Sacco, 2015; Lachman, 2016). However, positive resolutions have been established to improve nursing recognition specifically, the “daisy award (Diseases Attacking the Immune System)” within nursing practice in recognizing exceptional nurses who demonstrate admirable quality patient care, as well as “Magnet hospitals” known for highly respected nursing practice (Kelly, Runge, & Spencer, 2015, p.524,526). Our future as professionals brings an imperative opportunity in utilizing nursing science, knowledge, research, and apply nursing as well as patient feedback in preventing compassion fatigue.…
Most people see the word compassion as another word in the dictionary when actually it’s a word with so much meaning and a form of way of expressing your emotions. Compassion is having kindness and feeling others pain when suffering. Compassion brings people together and makes the world a better place. But, most importantly it has allowed us to connect with others and show our emotions to others. It’s an important need to us humans because it keeps us emotionally connected.…
The progress that this child made was not something that I could take credit for, but nonetheless, I was in awe by the progress. I was able to assist the family in obtaining counseling for the child and I found myself so amazed at the progress that was made. I want to be part of that progress for others. Each and every one of us has our very own human experience which molds us and shapes us, but some do not have the skills to cope with occurrences in their unique human…
The sensation I got when I helped them was one that I will never forget. Therefore, this family situation has shaped me into the person I am today. I developed skills like patience and understanding. Also, I learned how to prepare their medications for the week and maneuver their walkers around…
Compassion, empathy, and communication are perhaps my greatest strengths. Compassion will allow me to be mindful of both patient and client. Empathy will allow me to listen to the needs of others. Communication will allow me to clearly articulate details. As a pet owner the bedside manner of the vet technician has been very important to me when it comes to my two dogs and cat.…
A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering is compassion. Compassion is a word that defines my dreams and interests of becoming a Registered Nurse because compassion defines my character; it defines my dreams, and my work ethics as a human being. Character means the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing, one such feature or trait. Compassion is a part of my character because it defines who I am as a person. I currently work at Baptist South as a Certified Nursing Assistant on a stroke and cardiac floor.…
I believe that kindness and compassion are like a domino sequence. Once a person does a nice thing to someone else, the next person will also try to do something nice, and a chain of good actions that will cross neighborhoods, cities maybe even travel around the globe. Since I was a kid nothing pleasures me more than helping others. I’ve always knew that I wanted to be a volunteer, just like my mom always knew she wanted to be a doctor (and now she is an amazing one). I made my definitive decision of becoming a volunteer when I was 6 years old.…
The definition of compassion is to have sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. It is to have pity, love, mercy, and sensitivity for others. Compassion is a quality that the world needs to survive without heading in a direction of hate and war. Without compassion the people of the world would destroy each other everywhere. Life is sometimes cruel and short lived and for people to show and have compassion makes the world a less destructive place.…