Graduation Semester and Year
Fall 2024
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Dr. Deborah Behan
Second Advisor
Dr. Daisha Cipher
Third Advisor
Dr. Jessica Smith
Abstract
Compassion fatigue impacts nurses of all backgrounds and specialties. This non-experimental, descriptive, correlational study design involved three research questions that examined medical registered nurses’ association between resilience and compassion fatigue. This study examined organizational factors, work-system factors, and individual factors that are influential to compassion fatigue and resilience among nurses working in general medicine units.
The Compassion Fatigue Short Scale® and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale® were used to measure compassion fatigue and resilience among the participants in this study. The study included 98 registered nurses who worked in general medicine units in Southeast Texas. The results indicated a negative significant correlation between compassion fatigue and resilience. Given the results of this study and other evidence from the literature, resilience training may be beneficial to help combat compassion fatigue, as well as perceived social support both professional and personal for medical nurses who are at an increased risk for compassion fatigue.
Keywords
Compassion Fatigue, Resilience, Medical Nurses
Disciplines
Other Nursing
License
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Recommended Citation
Vallier, Angela M., "RESILIENCE AND COMPASSION FATIGUE AMONG MEDICAL NURSES IN ACUTE CARE" (2024). Nursing Dissertations. 129.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/nursing_dissertations/129