Essays on Compassion Fatigue

Introduction

All people experience stress in all levels in their daily lives. Usually, there are some ways to deal with stress which allow people from recover and relax from these forms of stress. However, some stress factors take a long-term toll on the person in itself, especially if the stress is due to some work-related factors. This particular type of situation is called a burnout, and it is defined as a mental, physical, and emotional association that is associated with work (“Burnout”, n.d.) Some types of work have a greater chance of burnout than others. This is especially true in ...

The “Are You Headed for Caregiver Burnout?” quiz is designed to be a measure of how likely it is that a caregiver will experience burnout related to the stress from their job. It is an interesting quiz because it focuses on the effects that caregiving is having on the personal life of the quiz taker, rather than on the workplace itself. It highlights a number of personal things such as alcohol use, cigarettes and coffee as well as on the caregiver’s sleeping patterns and time for leisure activities (Sherman, 2004). Research suggests that having time outside of work ...

Work environments affect individuals physically, psychologically, spiritually and/or emotionally. Palliative care began with the aim of relieving suffering while enhancing the quality of life and it continued to advance beyond end-of-life care to involve all aspects of the disease continuum. Work done by these nurses is influenced by both the work environment and patient status, causing stresses. These stresses are caused by factors such as constant exposure to pain and suffering of patients, failed attempts at alleviation of suffering, patients’ family. There are three concepts associated with the consequences of caring work; compassion fatigue, burnout and vicarious traumatization. Compassion ...