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Abedullah, Mariem. Reducing the prevalence of compassion fatigue in emergency department nurses through resilience training. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-h46s-j494

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TitleReducing the prevalence of compassion fatigue in emergency department nurses through resilience training
NameAbedullah, Mariem (author); DiGiulio, Mary (chair); Ames, Margaret (internal member); Rutgers University; School of Nursing - RBHS
Date Created2021
Other Date2021-05 (degree)
SubjectCompassion fatigue, Family Nurse Practitioner in Emergency Care
Extent1 online resource (59 pages)
DescriptionCompassion fatigue is exhaustion that limits the ability of caring relationships. Emergency department nurses deal with high stress situations that involve physical and emotional challenges that may result in compassion fatigue. Due to the challenges of the demands faced by emergency department nurses, compassion fatigue is a vast issue, which impacts the quality of care provided. Compassion fatigue affects patient satisfaction and staff turnover, ultimately leading to the nursing shortage. Therefore, it is a problem worth investigating and working to resolve.

Methodology: Resilience techniques such as self-care strategies (i.e, sleep, adequate hydration and nutrition) as well as guided meditation and self-affirmation were discussed in a one-hour resilience training to help emergency department nurses in a level two trauma hospital develop resiliency techniques to overcome compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue was scored on a Professional Quality of Life tool developed by Hudnall Stamm (2009) before and after the training to assess the effectiveness of the training on emergency department nurses.

Results: A Mann Whitney U statistical analysis showed statistically significant results for the subsets of burnout, compassion satisfaction, and secondary traumatic stress (p = .000). The mean scores for each subset of the Professional Quality of Life tool have also improved post-intervention.

Conclusion: The results of this project correlate with evidence in the literature, stating that resiliency training works to improve compassion fatigue by improving compassion satisfaction and decreasing burnout and secondary traumatic stress. The resilience training for this project used strategies that include self-care, mentoring, and exercise, which gave nurses different techniques to improve resiliency such as guided meditation and tips on improving their health and lifestyle. It was concluded that resilience training has a positive effect on reducing the prevalence of compassion fatigue in emergency department nurses.
NoteDNP
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-h46s-j494
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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