As the title suggest for this unit we will be discussing compassion fatigue or burnout. One of the biggest reasons for a nurse to leave the area of hospice is burnout. Often on call 24/7 for weeks at a time takes its toll on a person, add patients death to this mix and the burnout can come faster.
According to Abendroth and Flannery (2006), nurses that involved in the end of life care become attached and overinvolved to their patients in relations to the amount of time spent caring for the patient in their journey toward death.
Abendroth and Flannery (2006) conducted a litrature review in an attempt to identify the problem and significance of nurse burnout in hospice care. Your assingnement is to read this article and discuss this information in the blog.
Discuss how you feel your risk is for burnout is and how you plan on preventing burnout in your career as a hospice nurse.
Abendroth, M. & Flannery, J., (2006). Predicting the risk of compassion fatigue. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing. 8(6): 345-56. Retrieved from: http://web.ebscohost.com.lib.kaplan.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=5&hid=13&sid=0df58f9b-e922-4cf7-888f-6397702c327c%40sessionmgr11
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