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A Study about Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction and Burnout in Comprehensive Nursing Care and General Ward Nurses / 임상간호연구
Article in Korean | WPRIM (Western Pacific) | ID: wpr-750249
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ABSTRACT

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this study was to compare the differences in compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and burnout between nurses working at comprehensive nursing care unit and general ward.

METHODS:

The subjects were 35 nurses in general ward and 42 nurses in the Comprehensive Nursing Care unit in one hospital. Measurement instrument included the Stamm's professional quality of life (ProQOL) version 5-Korean. Descriptive statistics, t-test, paired t-test, and ANCOVA were used to analyze the data.

RESULTS:

Nurses working at the Comprehensive nursing care unit demonstrated significantly lower compassion fatigue (F=17.00, p < .001), higher compassion satisfaction (F=14.39, p < .001), and lower levels of burnout (F=40.07, p < .001) than control group.

CONCLUSION:

Compassion fatigue and burnout were lower and compassion satisfaction was higher among nurses working at comprehensive nursing unit than general ward. In order to improve quality of the comprehensive nursing care services, there is a need to be concerned with the nurse's compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and burnout.
Subject(s)

Full text: Available Database: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Quality of Life / Patients&apos; Rooms / Nursing / Empathy / Compassion Fatigue / Nursing Care Aspects: Patient-preference Language: Korean Journal: Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research Year: 2018 Document type: Article
Full text: Available Database: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Quality of Life / Patients&apos; Rooms / Nursing / Empathy / Compassion Fatigue / Nursing Care Aspects: Patient-preference Language: Korean Journal: Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research Year: 2018 Document type: Article
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