Compassion fatigue among nurses working on an adult emergency and urgent care unit.

Elisabete Maria das Neves Borges Carla Isabel Nunes da Silva Fonseca Patricia Campos Pavan Baptista Cristina Maria Leite Queirós Maria Baldonedo-Mosteiro Maria-Pilar Mosteiro-Diaz

Published in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem (2019)

we found compassion fatigue, expressed in the large percentage of nurses with high levels of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Fatigue is related to individual factors such as age, gender, job experience and leisure activities. Doing research and understanding this phenomenon allow the development of health promotion strategies at work.

Keyphrases

healthcare
health promotion
mental health
sleep quality
spinal cord injury
physical activity
emergency department
palliative care
public health
social support
stress induced