What was once thought of as a profession driven by compassion and the desire to help those in need has now become filled with weary burnt out nurses who have lost sight of their purpose. Stress has caused them to distance themselves from the principles nursing is built upon. Our health care system needs to be revamped to improve the quality of care being administered. Nurses can be proactive and take steps to avoid burning out but, our health care administrators have to take matters into their hands because they have the capacity to initiate change. They must realize the gravity of the situation and take an offensive position to make a stand against the crisis of nursing
A Compassion Fatigue Among ED Nurses Problem When one thinks about nursing, caring, empathy, and compassion come to mind. There is a link, an unbreakable union, for nurses that "compassion fatigue is the cost of caring for others in pain" (Boyle, 2015, p. 49). Compassion fatigue (CF) and its impact on nurses are predominant problems in many Emergency Departments (ED). Nurses perform a number of procedures throughout the day, but primarily the thing that they deliver the most is themselves (Harris & Quinn-Griffin, 2015).
The course readings have helped me better understand why I have resisted and not learned Bengali. Kohl (1994) talks about his experiences of not learning Yiddish, which similarly relates to my situation. Kohl (1994) argues that he did not want to learn Yiddish primarily because of his mother. Kohl (1994) talks about how his mother could not speak Yiddish and was not included in the conversations at their family parties (p.3). I also believe I resist learning Bengali because I know that my family and friends cannot speak it.
Nursing is the profession that never leaves the patient from admission to discharge. Due to the high emotional and physical demands of the job, burnout or nursing fatigue is prevalent in the profession. Burnout is a well-studied problem; however, there are very little changes done to prevent fatigue in health care. Nursing fatigue is an interplay of individual, organizational and systematic factors that negatively affect not only the health of the nurse but also patient safety. For the purpose of this paper, I will focus on the external challenges in the organizational level that might affect new nurses in their first year of practice such as heavy workload, lack of support and poor leadership style.
My concept is compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue (CF) as it relates to nurses working in an emergency department dealing with secondary trauma causing symptoms of compassion fatigue. The measurement tool, which I will use, is the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale. This scale has been in use since 1995 and has had several revisions, the last one updated in 2010 and it has been translated into 17 languages. The ProQOL measures compassion satisfaction (CS) and CF and its subcategories, burnout (BO) and secondary traumatic stress (STS).
In a research article published by John Wiley & Son, LTD. in 2000,researchers researched the relationship between through social ranking*. Social ranking and depression are often found among those who are in a low unwanting status. Emotions such as shame, guilt, and social anxiety are pathological and lined to depression.
There is recognition that globally the Nurse Manager role is currently facing a long term recruitment and retention crisis (Cziraki et al 2014; Titzer and Shirey 2013). Titzer and Shirey (2013) predict a decrease in leadership talent over the coming years, and Cziraki et al (2014) identify a significant reduction in competently prepared Nurse Managers to deliver on the role. Within the United Kingdom, the introduction of Trusts in the 1990’s is argued to have led to significant recruitment and retention issues of Nurse Managers resulting in ongoing managerial and healthcare instability (Scott 2002). Literature argues that there is increasing difficulty in engaging the new generation of nurses in leadership and management posts due to excessive work demands, increased stress, poor work-life balance, little
Annotated Bibliography Shapiro, Jordan. "Education Is the Key to All Global Development Goals." Forbes 3 Oct. 2015. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2015/10/03/education-is-the-key-to-all-global-development-goals-qa-with-julia-gillard/. Print. An interview proposing that education should be available to all areas of the world.
Compassion fatigue is probably more common in nursing then is acknowledged in health care. According to Todaro-Franceschi (2015), many nurses do not realize they are experiencing compassion fatigue (p. 53). Compassion fatigue or burnout slowly develops over time which results in emotional exhaustion (Todaro-Franceschi, 2015, p.53 ).
“Proper way to Cite Sources for Academic Papers” A Feasibility Study Presented to the Faculty of College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts Batangas State University Alangilan, Batangas In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for CE – 414 Methods of Research for CE Villena, Ervil John D. CE-4103 12-92361 November 2015 Why cite the sources used in a research paper? Citing sources used in a research paper is important. It will help you support your argument and give based on fact basis to your work.
Articles: Achebe, Chinua. " An Image of Africa." Research in African Literatures 9.1, Special Issue on Literary Criticism (1978): 1-15. JSTOR. Web.
According to compassion fatigue expert, Francoise Mathieu, between 40% and 85% of health professionals develop vicarious trauma also known as compassion fatigue. There are lots of attempts to justify the absence of compassion in healthcare settings. Examples as such would be staff shortages and lack of resources. However, compassion is a trait that must be intrinsically possessed by every doctor, nurse, or health professional. Compassion in any healthcare environment has been subjected to a continuous discussion in the media and literature where studies have reaffirmed that being compassionate is an important aspect of this field of work.
A qualitative interview was done for 2 nurses. The study was conducted in January of 2007 over the period of 3 weeks. The authors and the article including the citied references and source was credible and experts in their field. Sorensen
To the Future Researches, this study may serve as a basis for a customized protocol in addressing compassion fatigue. This may also be use as a springboard to advanced studies concerning the subject being investigated. Scope and Limitation This study only focused on critical care nurses in a selected tertiary hospital assigned in units namely the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Neurovascular Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Unit and Telemetry.
Physical, personal, organizational and emotional factors were identified related to workplace stress. Majority (39.66%) of stress was attributed to organizational factors followed by personal factors (37.50 %) and physical factors (13.79 %). Emotional factors contributed to a lower level (9.05 %) of stress. The study showed that majority (59 %) had good coping abilities and 41 % of nurses had average coping abilities. There was no impact of demographic variables of nurses on their stress or coping abilities.
