Download or read book Exploring the Relationship Between Faith and the Experience of Burnout Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction for Hospice Workers During a Global Pandemic written by Sarah Jo Spiridigliozzi and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individuals who work within hospice and palliative care experience unique stressors while providing care to patients and families at the end of life. The COVID-19 global pandemic provides additional stressors, personal and professional, which may affect these individuals. Research lacks data to understand how this pandemic affects individuals working in hospice care. Most current research focuses on individual disciplines, with the highest number of studies focusing on a nurse's experiences. Additionally, the recent research provides conflicting relationships on faith's influence on burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction. Biblical guidance on burnout and compassion highlights the importance of addressing this phenomenon from a Christian worldview. This study sought to fill several gaps within research by comparing the experiences of multiple disciplines within hospice and palliative care through gathering quantitative data from the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale, the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale (DSES), and the COVID-19 Perceived Stress Scale (COVID-PSS-10). It solicited participation from all disciplines and gathered organizational data. This study found a small positive correlation between daily spiritual experiences and burnout and a small negative correlation between daily spiritual experiences and compassion satisfaction. Additionally, a small positive correlation was found between the perceived stress from COVID-19 and compassion fatigue. These data are significant and provide a framework for future research within larger populations.
Download or read book Exploring the Relationship Between Faith and the Experience of Burnout Compassion Fatique and Compassion Satisfaction for Hospice Workers During a Global Pandemic written by Sarah Jo Spiridigliozzi and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individuals who work within hospice and palliative care experience unique stressors while providing care to patients and families at the end of life. The COVID-19 global pandemic provides additional stressors, personal and professional, which may affect these individuals. Research lacks data to understand how this pandemic affects individuals working in hospice care. Most current research focuses on individual disciplines, with the highest number of studies focusing on a nurse's experiences. Additionally, the recent research provides conflicting relationships on faith's influence on burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction. Biblical guidance on burnout and compassion highlights the importance of addressing this phenomenon from a Christian worldview. This study sought to fill several gaps within research by comparing the experiences of multiple disciplines within hospice and palliative care through gathering quantitative data from the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale, the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale (DSES), and the COVID-19 Perceived Stress Scale (COVID-PSS-10). It solicited participation from all disciplines and gathered organizational data. This study found a small positive correlation between daily spiritual experiences and burnout and a small negative correlation between daily spiritual experiences and compassion satisfaction. Additionally, a small positive correlation was found between the perceived stress from COVID-19 and compassion fatigue. These data are significant and provide a framework for future research within larger populations.
Download or read book Exploring Compassion Fatigue Burnout and Compassion Satisfaction Among Hospice Workers written by Rebecca L. Jacobson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploring Compassion Fatigue Among Members of the Interdisciplinary Hospice Team written by Eileen R. Sudeck and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Healthcare professionals experience a significant amount of stress in their day-to-day practice. Studies to date, however, of end-of-life care to the terminally ill have been quite limited. The intent of this study was to explore the relationship between work-related stress and the development of compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and burnout among members of the hospice interdisciplinary team. In this qualitative study, a sample of 17 members of the ProCare Hospice interdisciplinary care team was used to identify their experience with work-related stress associated with the treatment of the terminally ill. These team members included the medical director, registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, medical social workers, chaplains and certified home health aides. Using a semi-structured interview guide, questions were designed to probe into the meaning their work held for the team members. Major stressors that were identified included closeness to the death experience, sadness of loss, over-attachment to patients and their families, and viewing the prolonged struggle families experience with end-of-life issues. Included in the organizational stressors they experience were staffing shortages, on-call schedules, heavy patient loads, paperwork, and the need for greater support from management. Despite all these, it was found that the protective factors of self-care, informal peer support and meaningful work experiences contribute to greater compassion satisfaction. Continued research would be helpful in exploring the effectiveness of these protective factors among hospice teams in other geographical communities.
Download or read book Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Nursing written by Vidette Todaro-Franceschi and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart
Download or read book Renewing the Spirit of Hospice written by Faith Dickens Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project explores the impact of spiritual practices on the experience of compassion fatigue in hospice nurses, social workers and chaplains. Quantitative data was gathered by comparing scores on the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) survey before and after participation in six weeks of spiritual practices. Spiritual practice guides were accessed through a website, Spirit of Hospice, which was designed by the researcher. Qualitative data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with participants, resulting in the identification of four key themes. Implications of this research suggest methods for addressing the spiritual effects of compassion fatigue in hospice workers and the utilization of hospice chaplains for spiritual support to hospice workers.
Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of Secondary Traumatic Stress Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Church Staff faith based Non profit Employees and Health Care Workers written by Robert Lee Goins and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current study had a primary goal of understanding measurements of burnout, compassion satisfaction, and secondary traumatic stress in the Christian helping population. A secondary goal of this research was to measure correlations between these three variables with other professional and helping related variables in the Christian helping population. The researchers utilized an online survey platform to conduct research with the Professional Quality of Life Scale, the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, the Global Psychotrauma Scale, and the Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey. Participant (N=55) responses were found to reveal significantly high levels of burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress in the sample when compared to normative data. Correlations between the three main variables and many of the other variables were found to be significant, in particular the variables assessed by the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (intrusion, avoidance, and arousal) and the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (religious and emotional well-being). In light of the primary findings of this study, clinicians and Christian groups should examine support structures for Christian helpers and in particular for those who are involved in trauma helping.
Download or read book An Investigation of Compassion Fatigue Compassion Satisfaction Burnout and Coping Strategies in Hospice Workers written by Laura Baxendale and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Relationship Between Self care Practices Burnout Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction Among Professional Counselors and Counselors in training written by Katharina L. Star and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study examined the relationship between compassion fatigue, burnout, compassion satisfaction, and self-care among counselors and counselors-in-training. Additionally, the current study investigated if recent life changes, age, sex, race, years of experience, education level, and work/internship setting impacted counselors' and counselors'-in-training self-reports of compassion fatigue, burnout, compassion satisfaction, and self-care. A total of 253 counselors and counselors-in-training were surveyed through a professional conference, internship classes, and email listservs. Variables were measured through the use of a demographic questionnaire, the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL 5), the Self-Care Assessment Worksheet (SCAW), and the Recent Life Changes Questionnaire (RLCQ). Pearson-product moment correlations, analysis of variances (ANOVAs), and t-tests were utilized to determine potential relationships between variables. Results indicated that recent life changes impact both burnout and compassion fatigue. Compassion satisfaction appeared to influence burnout, but not compassion fatigue. Results also determined that burnout and compassion fatigue are positively correlated with each other. When examining the demographic variables, results revealed that women experience higher levels of compassion fatigue than men. Burnout was found to be higher for participants who are working or interning in agency and school settings than those in private practices or hospitals. Participants in agency and school settings were also found to be associated with lower amounts of self-care than those in private practices. Nonstudent agency workers were determined to have higher amounts of compassion satisfaction with age and increased engagement in psychological self-care activities. However, self-care was negatively correlated with compassion satisfaction for participants in school settings.
Download or read book Pre health Professional and Graduate Students in Patient Care Supported Roles written by Jacey Cornett and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Burnout and compassion fatigue rates are on the rise for nearly all healthcare professions and specialties, leading to serious harm for both patient and provider. Perpetuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has been left in disarray as the world returns to "normal". Currently, Butler University is educating and training undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of healthcare settings that are soon subjected to high rates of burnout and compassion fatigue. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of burnout and compassion fatigue rates in pre-health professional and health professional students in the context of completing preparatory clinical hours amid a pandemic. Specifically, this study analyzes students' intended career paths, completed patient care hours, and specialties worked in as a framework for the subjective experiences of burnout and compassion fatigue. Linear regression analysis identified potential risk factors including an increased risk of personal and work-related burnout for females, high compassion satisfaction in those intending to become a physician with the opposite seen in pharmacists, and low levels of burnout in those who have worked in non-pharmacy related patient care roles. The implications of these findings suggest that certain student profiles could benefit from preventative burnout and compassion fatigue programs through means of subjective assessments, educational trainings, and intentional support systems in an effort to equip students with the necessary tools to combat burnout and compassion fatigue before entering their desired professions"--Leaf 3.
Download or read book Understanding the Causes and Remedies of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Among Hospice Workers written by Jerome G. Weaver and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Compassion Fatigue Burnout and Compassion Satisfaction in Counseling and Clinical Psychologists written by Lisa M. Nail and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compassion fatigue is the sudden and acute onset of psychological and physical symptoms that undermine a helping professional's ability to maintain an empathic, objective, and caring perspective of their clients. Compassion fatigue challenges the helping professional's ability to maintain personal and professional relationships. The wearing down of the mental health professional's resources can result in subpar treatment for clients, psychological and physical health problems for the helping professional, as well as stress on the personal support system of the helping professional. Other constructs associated with compassion fatigue are burnout and compassion satisfaction. Burnout is the response of helping professionals to prolonged exposure to stressful client experiences and the interpersonal demands of helping others. Burnout tends to result in emotional exhaustion, professional ineffectiveness, and depersonalization within helping professionals. The gradual progression of burnout may lead clinicians to experience a sense of helplessness in effecting positive change. On the other hand, compassion satisfaction is an internal sense of reward and fulfillment in providing help and service to others. This protective mechanism helps maintain a helping professional's sense of well-being and effectiveness in providing care. This study examined compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction in doctorate level clinical and counseling psychologists. Additional variables of interest were: age, gender, years in practice, area of specialty, population served, and work setting. Results indicated a strong positive correlation between compassion fatigue/STS and burnout and a strong negative correlation between compassion satisfaction and burnout.
Download or read book Burnout in the Helping Profession written by Lakesha Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose: This research explored the relationship between compassion satisfaction and burnout among helping professionals, specifically within the field of social work. Methods: Anonymous online survey of adults 18 and older (N=423) with at least 3 months experience in the social work field. Compassion satisfaction, burnout, secondary traumatic stress, depersonalization, and personal achievement were measured using two self-assessment tools: the Professional Quality of Life scale (ProQOL) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Results: The more experienced social workers (those with five years or more in the field) reported higher levels of compassion satisfaction and personal achievement, and lower levels of burnout, depersonalization, and secondary traumatic stress than less experienced social workers. Discussion: These findings support previous research that a sense of mastery in the field increases compassion satisfaction. Social workers should use emotional support, clinical supervision, practice self-care strategies, continuous training, and use evidence-based practices to mitigate the negative effects of burnout, compassion fatigue, and depersonalization.
Download or read book An Action Research Study Pertaining to Compassion Fatigue and Hospice Clinical Staff Workers written by Shnequia L. Webb and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast majority of research conducted on compassion fatigue has mainly involved clinicians, therapists, or counselors as stakeholders. There is a limited body of existing research that examines the problems of compassion fatigue in a hospice setting from the workers' and the administrative staff's point of view. To ameliorate symptoms of compassion fatigue, the findings from this qualitative study could be useful in the hospice profession. A focus group consisting of 11 hospice clinical workers who are 18 years or older was examined to discuss compassion fatigue, experiences, and methods used to ameliorate symptoms. Perceptions and experiences of two hospice administrators' were studied regarding compassion fatigue. The hospice administrators were also 18 years or older. In-depth qualitative interview questions with the administrators helped to gain an understanding of compassion fatigue, what to do if employees experience compassion fatigue, and identify resources that may help employees ameliorate compassion fatigue. This study focused on the effects of experiencing compassion fatigue. The majority of the hospice workers expressed that they have experienced compassion fatigue. The findings of this study indicated that there were many interpretations of compassion fatigue as well as methods for ameliorating symptoms. Examples of the methods for ameliorating symptoms included taking time off from work, participating in monthly staff support group meetings, and self-reflection. Some of the common reasons identified for experiencing compassion were high caseloads, increase in job demands, and lack of self-care. Hospice workers and administrators must have an understanding of individual specific needs in order to develop interventions for ameliorating compassion fatigue.
Download or read book Joy Compassion written by Susan Joy Nevile and published by Coventry Press. This book was released on 2021-03-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we live as people of faith in this world? What does it mean to believe, to belong, to risk, to serve, or to find true life? At times of trouble, how does faith strengthen and sustain us? And how is God alongside to guide us on the way? This book shows how a life of faith is one of joy and compassion, as gifts from God for how we can live, and live with others, tobecome the people God knows we can be.Joy and Compassion offers more than eighty story-oriented reflections to support your faith life. Each reflection has an accompanying prayer and one or more questions/comments to prompt further thought, discussion, or action. The reflections show how 'story' is an immensely powerful means for understanding ourselves, our experiences, and our relationship with God, as we live in faith and seek to be as Christ to others. Stories are drawn from the Bible and many other sources, including literature, movies, art, sport, politics and the simple ordinary events and moments of life, like losing your keys, getting hurt, being in the dark, or having to wait.Joy and Compassion is ideal for individual or small group contemplation, and as a resource in ministry contexts such as pastoral care, chaplaincy, family and youth ministry, or spiritual direction. Each reflection is concise and focuses on a specific aspect of faith life; and written in a style that is personal, interactive, and accessible.These 'Stories and Prayers for a Life of Faith' reflect the author's long experience as a school chaplain, family/children's minister, hospice/hospital pastoral carer and telephone crisis counsellor; and draw on her extensive background in leading worship across many settings.
Download or read book Pastoral Care and Alleviation of Compassion Fatigue in Staff at St Mary s Hospice written by Ellen Gardner-Cook and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This action research project studied compassion fatigue in hospice staff and the ways that Christian prayer practices can mitigate compassion fatigue symptoms and contribute to resiliency. The sample population included forty employees and the sample size was N=6. The participants answered four anonymous, self-report assessments to measure six areas, compassion satisfaction, self-compassion, secondary traumatic stress, burnout, perceived stress, and spirituality at the first of eight weekly sessions. These assessments included the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL), the Perceived Stress Scale, the Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory, and the Self-Compassion Scale. Six weeks of prayer interventions followed the initial assessments then on the eighth week, staff completed the same four anonymous assessments that they took at the beginning of the project. Employing a focus group format, participants discussed their findings at each session. Additionally, participants answered anonymous questionnaires on their opinions about the compassion fatigue project interventions which corroborated the data from the assessments. The assessments’ statistical results showed improvement in three out of six areas: burnout, perceived stress, and spiritual intelligence. Areas in need of further attention were self-compassion, compassion satisfaction, and secondary traumatic stress. Based on the assessment data and feedback from the participants, the writer recommends that St. Mary’s Hospice management provide monthly debriefing sessions and offer the Compassion Fatigue Prayer Project again for other staff members. This project showed that group self-care interventions including education of compassion fatigue, creative prayer practices, and debriefing can benefit hospice workers.
Download or read book Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy written by Christopher K. Germer and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together leading scholars, scientists, and clinicians, this compelling volume explores how therapists can cultivate wisdom and compassion in themselves and their clients. Chapters describe how combining insights from ancient contemplative practices and modern research can enhance the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, substance abuse, suicidal behavior, couple conflict, and parenting stress. Seamlessly edited, the book features numerous practical exercises and rich clinical examples. It examines whether wisdom and compassion can be measured objectively, what they look like in the therapy relationship, their role in therapeutic change, and how to integrate them into treatment planning and goal setting. The book includes a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
