Fatigue

Compassion fatigue is not a new concept. As long as individuals have needed help, people have come to the rescue. Originally it was identified in social workers, as they see sad, sometimes devastating situations that they must deal with on a daily basis. In 1992, Joinson identified the concept of compassion fatigue while studying the related concept of burnout in nurses working in an emergency department. According to Potter, Deshields, Divanbeigi, Berger, Cipriano, Norris & Olsen, (2010),…

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…

Fatigue in COPD Fatigue is a disruptive symptom that inhibits normal functional performance of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients in daily activities [Theander et al ., 2003] and considerably impacts on their quality of life [guyatt et al ,. 1987]. Fatigue is an unpleasant subjective symptom that prevents individuals from performing his functions and using his normal capacity, affects whole body and changes from a slight exhaustion to unbearable fatigue (Swain, 2000). In…

factors contributing to increased fatigue amongst Canadian nurses. More and more health care settings employ nurses to work 12 hour shifts…

This report is an analysis of crew fatigue and its adverse affects’ on the safety of a flight. The purpose of this report is to shed led light on the critical issue of pilot fatigue. In addition, to mitigate the number of incidents or accidents that come as a result of crew exhaustion. The aptness of each flight crew entangles both cargo and passengers operators alike, the Board members of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the pilots it regulates. A secondary audience would include the…

on a cycle ergometer. The time to fatigue, and recovery time was also considered during each type of exercise. To look at muscular fatigue in this lab we used a sub maximal test, this was used because maximal tests can be harmful to participants. Muscular endurance can be described as the ability of a muscle or muscle groups to do continual muscular contractions with resistance, when the muscle can no longer work at a given rate that is fatigue. Muscles that fatigue quickly have low endurance,…

How To Treat Adrenal Fatigue Naturally Summary: Adrenal fatigue occurs when our adrenal glands fail to produce cortisol which is needed to fight against stress. Visit a renowned doctor, if you develop symptoms of adrenal fatigue. Here are a few steps that can be effective in treating adrenal fatigue naturally. Main Content: Adrenal weariness is an illness which can be described as an interruption of your adrenal organs' capacity to produce cortisol in the required amounts whenever needed to…

her article Monitor Alarm Fatigue: An Integrative Review, Maria Cvach, MS, RN, CCRN, (2012) explains “Medical devices generate enough false alarms to cause a reduction in responding known as the cry wolf effect” (p.268). When nurses adjust to these sounds, the patients’ wellbeing is at risk that can lead to hazards, and a decrease in their safety. Since alarms…

Pioneering research into the effects and countermeasures of fatigue is largely understudied according to Scott et al. (2010); the effects of extended work hours, time hours worked and the inverse relation to sleep and nursing errors has received little recognition. Furthermore, the problem of night shift fatigue is so prevalent the American Nurses Association (ANA), the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and the Joint Commission have called for fatigue countermeasures to be researched and implemented…

muscle fatigue. The main factor for muscle fatigue is the accumulation of lactic acid that builds up due to muscles working. Thus, the type of exercise you conduct can have a a major impact on muscle fatigue. Question: Hypothesis: In regards to whether you should exercise or rest first before squeezing a clothespin to receive higher results, you should rest first. This is because if you rest you maintain more ATP (energy) and lactic acid won't build up causing muscle fatigue. For…