Combating compassion fatigue and burnout through wellness activities
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Health care workers have one of the most demanding professions. They are expected to work long hours while demonstrating compassion and care for the patients that they serve (Greshon, 2014). These expectations create additional stressors, and if these stressors are ignored, they can exasperate, causing physical and emotional harm for the nurses and patients. The nurses working at the Satellite Campus have experienced many of these stressors and they are exhibiting symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout. The symptoms of burnout & compassion fatigue affect the nurse’s ability focus and care for the patients. The organization offers activities to help decrease the level of compassion fatigue and burnout; however, the activities are only offered at the Main Campus, which is an hour away from the Satellite Campus. In an effort to meet the needs of the employees working at the satellite campus, the Holistic Wellness quality improvement project will provide education and training to help decrease the symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout and ultimately improve compassion satisfaction for the nurses working at the Satellite Campus. The project design is an analytical, observational, fixed, cohort project. The theoretical model supporting the project is Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring. The literature review identifies the growing demands on nurses and supports a variety of wellness activities for combating compassion fatigue and burnout. The Holistic Wellness Project provided the education and activities to help decrease the nurses stress levels and improve their ability to care for their patients and themselves.
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Type | DNP Capstone Project |
Acquisition | Self-submission |
Review Type | None: Degree-based Submission |
Format | Text-based Document |
Evidence Level | Qualitative Study, Other |
Research Approach | Mixed/Multi Method Research |
Keywords | Compassion Fatigue; Burnout |
CINAHL Subject(s) | Fatigue; Nursing Staff, Hospital; Work Environment; Wellness; Burnout, Professional |
MESH Subject(s) | Fatigue--prevention & control |
MESH Subject(s) | Fatigue--prevention & control |
Grantor | Capella University |
Advisor | Schramm, Jill; Roberts, Bridget; Miller-Hoover, Suzan |
Level | DNP |
Year | 2016 |
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