The Consequence of Caring Too Much: Compassion Fatigue and the Trauma Nurse

Compassion fatigue is described as "the cost of caring" and "an extreme state of tension and preoccupation with individual or cumulative traumas of clients," whereby persons present a "state of exhaustion and dysfunction, biologically, physiology and emotionally due to prolo...

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Published inJournal of emergency nursing Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 95 - 97
Main Authors Wentzel, Dorien, Brysiewicz, Petra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Mosby, Inc 01.01.2014
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Burnout, Professional - complications
Burnout, Professional - psychology
Emergency medical care
Emergency Nursing - methods
Empathy - physiology
Fatigue
Humans
Mental Fatigue - complications
Mental Fatigue - psychology
Nurse patient relationships
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Occupational health
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Summary:Compassion fatigue is described as "the cost of caring" and "an extreme state of tension and preoccupation with individual or cumulative traumas of clients," whereby persons present a "state of exhaustion and dysfunction, biologically, physiology and emotionally due to prolonged exposure to compassion stress."
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ISSN:0099-1767
1527-2966
DOI:10.1016/j.jen.2013.10.009