The effectiveness of an educational program on preventing and treating compassion fatigue in emergency nurses

Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 247-258

  Flarity, Kathleen ^a,b   Gentry, J Eric ^c   Mesnikoff, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c Compassion Unlimited ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; compassion fatigue; compassion satisfaction; emergency nurses; resiliency; secondary traumatic stress; vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882240765     PISSN: 19314485     EISSN: 19314493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TME.0b013e31829b726f     Document Type: Article

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