Compassion fatigue and burnout in nurses who work with children with chronic conditions and their families

Healthcare staff ’s experience in providing end-of-life care to children: A mixed-method review

“…5,9,12,29,31,37,40,44 Five quantitative studies were cross-sectional, and one used a pre-post survey design. The majority of studies were conducted in the USA (10) 5,25,[29][30][31][32]35,[40][41][42] with the remaining 21 studies carried out in the United Kingdom (6), 11,12,43,45,47,48 Canada (3), 21,37,39 Australia (2), 27,34 Poland (1), 38 Greece (1), 44 Greece and Hong Kong (1), 9 Sweden (2), 6,33 Ireland (2), 28,47 Finland (1), 36 and Switzerland (1). 26 The majority of studies considered nursing staff only (15), 9,11,25,27,30,[32]…”

“…All staff, including doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and support staff in the hospital setting referred to their fears of grieving in public. 9,29,31,[33][34][35][36]39,41,44 Both doctors and nurses had anxieties around loss of their professional reputation 31,39 and ability to support families if they revealed their feelings and grief. 36 In the absence of any formalised support, staff felt they could not openly express their emotions and reported hiding in the bathroom to cry, 35 or crying on the way home by themselves.…”

“…36 In the absence of any formalised support, staff felt they could not openly express their emotions and reported hiding in the bathroom to cry, 35 or crying on the way home by themselves. 29 While some nurses felt they were not supposed to grieve, 41 others felt it was important to express their emotions in order for parents to feel more comfortable expressing theirs. 33 However, the majority of staff felt they were required to put their grief to the side and return to work instantly, and had therefore no place to share their experiences.…”

“…39 Finding closure was also a recurrent theme in the literature, and appeared to aid the healing process for nurses in particular. 34,35,[40][41][42]45 Attending the child's funeral helped bring a sense of closure to the special relationships built up with families, 9,34,39,40 and nurses reported difficulty adjusting when unable to attend 41,42 as they had no chance to say goodbye. 33,39 Self-care.…”

Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue Among Critical Care Nurses

“…medical-surgical, cardiovascular, pediatric, oncology, and hospice nurses, but rarely in critical care nurses. 18,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] The primary purpose of our study was to establish the prevalence of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care nurses at a large Magnet-designated academic medical center in western New York State. A secondary purpose was to describe the demographic, unit, and organizational factors that may contribute to both compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in these nurses.…”