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TitleReducing the prevalence of compassion fatigue among emergency department advanced practice providers by increasing awareness
NamePathak, Vaibhavee (author); Kamienski, Mary (chair); Rutgers University; School of Nursing - RBHS
Date Created2020
Other Date2020-05 (degree)
SubjectCompassion fatigue, Emergency department, Nurses, Providers, Family Nurse Practitioner in Emergency Care
Extent1 online resource (76 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionPurpose of Project: The purpose of this Doctoral project was to reduce the level of compassion fatigue suffered by the Emergency Department Advances Practice Providers. Healthcare workers especially the ones that practice in high-stress level areas such as an emergency department are at great risk for developing compassion fatigue (Bellolio et al., 2014). A concern is providers managing care for variety of critical and non-acute patients while bottling up their emotional are at great risk for suffering a negative consequences of compassion fatigue (Weilenmann et al. 2018). By increasing awareness of the concept, self-care activities and the available resources clinicians are likely to improve compassion satisfaction scores and reduce the effects of compassion fatigue (Dasan, Gohil, Cornelius & Taylor, 2015).

Methodology: The project was carried out at two urban emergency departments located in the Northeast United States. A total of 11 out of 15 prospect participants took part in the study. This quasi-experimental study’s intervention included one-on-one interviews with the participants to increase awareness of the phenomena and informational pamphlets. The Compassion Fatigue/ Satisfaction Self-test was administrated as pre and post-test to evaluate the study findings.

Results: This study found an improvement in participants compassion fatigue and satisfaction scores one- month after the intervention. Their answers collected during the interview will serve as tool to change practices and improve future studies.
Implications for Practice: As supported by the literature review and this study finding, it can be concluded that all clinician can benefit from compassion fatigue awareness project.
NoteDNP
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-c9kz-hb70
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Nursing (RBHS) DNP Projects
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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