Little research has focused on the risk factors, effects, and experiences of compassion fatigue among gerontological social workers. This qualitative study explores the experiences and perspectives of nine Adult Protective Services (APS) social workers in relation to compassion fatigue. Results show that the APS social workers combined personal characteristics and professional factors to develo...

The capacity to work productively is a key component of health and emotional well-being. People who work in health care can be exposed to the fatigue of care. Compassion fatigue has been described as an occupational hazard specific to clinical work related severe emotional distress. In our study, we have evaluated compassion fatigue in a mental health group (47 psychiatric staff) and its relati...

BACKGROUND Beliefs that it is unacceptable to experience or express negative emotions have been found to be associated with various clinical problems. It is unclear how such beliefs, which could be viewed as a form of unhelpful perfectionism about emotions, may contribute to symptomatology. AIMS This study investigated two hypotheses: a) greater endorsement of beliefs about the unacceptabilit...

Background: Compassion fatigue is a form of occupational stress which occurs when individuals are exposed to suffering and trauma on an ongoing basis. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of compassion fatigue among student nurses following their first clinical placement in a UK health care setting during 2015. Methods: The aim of this study was to explore students’ thoughts...

PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION Oncology nurses are regularly exposed to high-stress situations that may lead to compassion fatigue, and many institutions have implemented interventions to reduce burnout in nurses, but knowledge on the feasiblity, effectiveness, and nurses' experience of interventions is lacking.
. LITERATURE SEARCH Electronic search of literature published from 1992-2015 was performe...

cost—the “cost of caring,” or compassion fatigue.1 fatigue may lead to increased absenteeism, turnover, and worker’s compensation claims; inappropriate behavior with clients; and changes in relationships such as the inability to work well with others, unhealthy competition, lack of flexibility, failure to complete tasks, and spreading rumors and gossip.3 Compassion fatigue can ultimately cause ...

Objectifs: L’objectif de cette étude consistait à évaluer la méthodologie psychophonétique pour les compétences d’auto-prise en charge et d’empathie, comme intervention contre la fatigue de compassion. Les objectifs consistaient à mesurer les niveaux de fatigue de compassion avant l’intervention, puis à appliquer l’intervention et à tester à nouveau les niveaux un mois et six mois après l’inter...

The present paper introduces elements for conceiving ethics for all beings based on the idea of laic compassion.