Compassion fatigue within nursing practice: A concept analysis

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-243

  Coetzee, Siedine Knobloch ^a   Klopper, Hester C ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Compassion fatigue; Compassion satisfaction; Concept analysis; Nursing practice; Secondary traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DYSTHYMIA; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MENTAL FATIGUE; NURSING; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954152777     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2010.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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