Compassion fatigue, moral distress, and work engagement in surgical intensive care unit trauma nurses: A pilot study

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 215-225

  Mason, Virginia M ^a,b   Leslie, Gail ^c,d   Clark, Kathleen ^e   Lyons, Pat ^f   Walke, Erica ^g   Butler, Christina ^h   Griffin, Martha ⁱ  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Beverly Hospital   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^h NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; compassion fatigue; compassion satisfaction moral distress; trauma ICU nursing; work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84902159021     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000056     Document Type: Article

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