Compassion

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…

associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, published her book Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind To Yourself to teach her readers to let go of self-criticism and its harmful effects and lead more fulfilled lives. As stated in her curriculum vita, her book expresses the results of her ongoing studies in “defining, measuring, researching, and developing an intervention to teach self-compassion” Although her studies come from her psychology background, readers from…

Richard Rohr’s work titled Silent Compassion seeks to find God in contemplation. In Rohr’s fourth chapter he states “God is another word for the heart of everything and for everything precisely in its connectedness. When you say you love God, you are saying you love everything” (p. 49). After being halted by those words and stopping to reread the phrase, I began to contemplate Rohr’s words and the meaning behind them. Through the use of this response, I will explain what Rohr means behind the…

Although nursing has many benefits, nurses can experience a common condition called “compassion fatigue.” According to Black (2014), she defines compassion fatigue as “a condition in which one experiences loss of physical energy, burnout, accident proneness, emotional breakdowns, apathy, indifference, poor judgement, and disinterest in introspection (2014, p. 215). Compassion fatigue is an important issue in nursing. Compassion fatigue can directly affect the nurse’s ability to deliver optimal…

One of the literary techniques that Harper Lee uses throughout the novel to deliver the theme of compassion is detail. On Scout’s first day at school, she tried to help Walter but she ended up getting scolded by her teacher which causes Walter to get bullied by Scout. In response to that, Jem “suddenly grinned at him [and said] Come on home to dinner with us, Walter” to solve the conflict (31). The detail shows that Jem is pleased to invite Walter for lunch as a way to apologize for what his…

Compassion, an intension to understand one’s suffering and show sympathy about it. Origin in Latin which means ‘to suffer with’, an action and acknowledge towards the others suffering. Compassion could be presented through two approaches which are masculine and feminine preference, and these two perspectives hold opposite manner on solving problems. For example, masculine approach usually focuses on the solution whereas feminine approach more towards the emotional understanding. Throughout this…

but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” Compassion is a feeling of deep sympathy for another who is stricken by misfortune accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering, compassion international is a big part in some kid’s life. Many people around the world support compassion international once they learn what all happens and what they do for kids all around the world. Compassion international was founded in 1952 by Everett…

In the online dictionary compassion is defined as "a feeling of [sorrow] for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering" (www.dictionary.reference.com). Through her character, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee displayed many acts of compassion in her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird . Atticus showed compassion to Mrs. Dubose, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell, and Boo Radley. Showing compassion to Mrs. Dubose, Atticus said to Jem, "She 's an old lady and…

Compassion is the desire to take action by helping another person through a difficult situation by showing empathy. In modern times, society has succeeded in seeing the downsides to others’ lives. Many people decide to turn a blind eye towards those who are in desperate need of compassion. However, it was common for people to show compassion and implement it into their daily lives in the past. Nonetheless, as time went on, compassion slowly declined and rumors took its place until people focused…

Self-Reflection Brookline College Tasheena Chavez January 28, 2018 Everyone has their own definition of Professionalism and Compassion, for myself I hold Professionalism and Compassion very highly. I will define how it affects me in my career and personal life, whether we can live without it and whether Professionalism and Compassion are compatible. Professionalism is how you choose to conduct yourself during business presence, specialized knowledge, polite character, confident but…