Casualties of war: compassion fatigue and health care providers.

Compassion fatigue and secondary traumatization: provider self care on intensive care units for children.

INTRODUCTION Unexpressed grief in health care providers who care for chronically ill children may lead to the development of some symptoms of compassion fatigue. The purpose of this study was to describe the scope of compassion fatigue in health care providers working on critical care units with children. A secondary aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of providing educational seminars on com...

Exploring the Management Competencies and Experiences of Healthcare Providers to Reduce Casualties and Injuries to Veterans during the Iran-Iraq war: A Qualitative Study

The effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on cancer fatigue and self-care behaviors of cancer patients

Cancer as a negative stressor has a serious impact on the physical and mental health of patients. This necessitates psychological interventions in these patients, so the present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on cancer fatigue and self-care behaviors of cancer patients. The method of the present study was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test a...

The experience of secondary traumatic stress upon care providers working within a children's hospital.

This study examined the impact of routine occupational exposure to traumatic aspects of child illness, injury, and medical treatment upon care providers working within a children's hospital. Three hundred fourteen providers completed a demographic data sheet and four questionnaires. Results suggested overall that the level of Compassion Fatigue in this sample was similar to a trauma worker comp...

STRUCTURAL MODEL OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF EMPATHIC CONCERNS WITH COMPASSION SATISFACTION AND COMPASSION FATIGUE IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS NURSES

Background & Aim: Empathic concerns are one of the factors affecting the quality of nurses' professional life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural model of the relationship between empathic concerns and compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in intensive care units’ nurses. Materials and Method: The type of this descriptive-correlational research was structural e...