Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Nursing: Enhancing Professional Quality of Life

by Todaro-Franceschi, Vidette

• ISBN13: 9780826109774
• ISBN10: 0826109772
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER PUB CO INC

Summary

Compassion fatigue afflicts nurses working in all caring environments and has become a serious issue in health care institutions nationwide. This is the only book to specifically address this challenge and the related syndrome of burnout in nursing. It presents a unique healing model designed to identify, treat and, where possible, avert compassion fatigue with holistic strategies and action plans that help cultivate a healthier, more satisfying work environment. The volume addresses risk factors for and manifestations of compassion fatigue, burnout, and other related experiences such as PTS, death overload, collective trauma, and moral distress, and presents strategies to mediate and resolve these issues. The author emphasizes ways in which dissatisfaction influences the quality of patient care and calls for nurses to reinvent their work environments to favor compassion contentment. Case vignettes and exercises will help readers identify and alter patterns of negativity to reaffirm purpose in their professional lives. Key Features: Describes the positive and negative contributors to professional quality of life Explores the multifaceted nature of compassion fatigue and burnout, in nursing Addresses the unique risk factors for nurses who work in critical care/ER, oncology, medical/surgical and palliative care areas Offers holistic self and group strategies and action plans to help leadership and staff nurses overcome compassion fatigue and promote work satisfaction Addresses gaps in education which contribute to the development of compassion fatigue and burnout Designed for nurses in stressful health care environments, and nurse educators and students

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Professional Quality of Life
Introduction: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	p. 3
Transforming Both Health and Care	p. 13
Unity, Purpose, and the Good: An Ethic of Caring
Compassion and Contentment: Being Heartful	p. 29
Values and Excellences in Nursing	p. 45
The ART of Reaffirming Purpose	p. 57
The Bad and the Ugly: Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
A Heavy Heart Hurts	p. 75
I Know What I Ought to Do!	p. 91
Burnt Out and Seemingly Heartless	p. 111
Facing Death
Being Prepared to Care for the Dying	p. 135
Shared Horrors and Aching, Breaking Hearts	p. 151
Beating the Odds
Cultivating Collective Mindful Awareness	p. 165
Imagine It and Actualize It	p. 185
ProQOL Version 5 (Stamm, 2009-2011)	p. 197
PPACD R-I (Todaro-Franceschi, 2010)	p. 201
Resources	p. 203
References	p. 211
Index	p. 225
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