Teaching The Practice Of Compassion To Nursing Students Within An Online Learning Environment: A Qualitative Study Protocol

Hofmeyer, Anne; Toffoli, Luisa; Vernon, Rachael; Taylor, Ruth; Fontaine, Dorrie K.; Klopper, Hester C.; Coetzee, Siedine K.

doi:10.19030/cier.v9i4.9790

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“…Recently, a two-week online compassion module has been explored with undergraduate nursing students (Hofmeyer et al, 2016). This online program is intended to help nursing students gain an understanding of the importance of: compassion in healthcare, being compassionate toward others (patients and colleagues), compassion toward oneself, cultivating resilience, and identifying factors that may hinder or enable compassionate care.…”

Section: Graduate Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Compassionate education from preschool to graduate school

Jazaieri

2018

Jrnl of Rsrch Inno Teach & Lrn

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Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to make the case for bringing compassion to students in educational settings, preschool through graduate school (PK-20). Design/methodology/approach-First, the author defines what is meant by "compassion" and differentiates it from the related constructs. Next, the author discusses the importance of bringing compassion into education, thinking specifically about preschool, K-12 (elementary and middle school/junior high/high school), college students, and graduate students (e.g. law, medical, nurses, counselors and therapists-intraining). The author then reviews the scant empirical literature on compassion in education and makes recommendations for future research. In the final section, the author makes specific and practical recommendations for the classroom (e.g. how to teach and evaluate compassion in PK-20). Findings-While there is a fair amount of research on compassion with college students, and specifically regarding compassion for oneself, as the author reviews in this paper, the field is wide open in terms of empirical research with other students and examining other forms of compassion. Research limitations/implications-This is not a formal review or meta-analysis. Practical implications-This paper will be a useful resource for teachers and those interested in PK-20 education. Social implications-This paper highlights the problems and opportunities for bringing compassion into education settings. Originality/value-To date, no review of compassion in PK-20 exists.

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Section: Graduate Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Compassionate education from preschool to graduate school

Jazaieri

2018

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“…Empathy burnout is described by Hojat (2009) and Johnson (2013) as a type of emotional stress and exhaustion widely experienced by caring professions where high levels of empathy and emotional intelligence are needed. Hofmeyer et al (2016) describes empathy burnout as "…nurses losing their nurturing ability toward patients, toward colleagues, and toward themselves" (p. 203). Symptoms of empathy burnout may include depression, anxiety, irritability, apathy and physical fatigue (Gill, Schaddelee, Ramsey, Turner & Naylor, 2018).…”

Section: Empathy Burnoutmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Griffith and West (2013) noted that self-aware individuals are likely to approach someone when they are struggling with difficult situations or tasks. However, Hofmeyer et al (2016) stated that healthcare employees are likely to care for others, regardless of the potential personal cost to themselves. According to Wood et al (2017) and Engle et al (2017), healthcare employees are predisposed to experience symptoms of compassion fatigue as they operate in a challenging and complex environment where their primary focus is patient care.…”

Section: Self-awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…From another perspective, survey respondents' inability to enforce positive change or working conditions might indicate selfawareness and resilience in managing long-term stress. Hofmeyer et al (2016) argued that leaders' responsibility of their employees is particularly important in healthcare industries where symptoms of compassion fatigue are prevalent.…”

Section: Self-awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Employee welfare: Developing change strategies to address empathy burnout in caring professions

Turner¹,

Gill²

2019

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INTRODUCTIONThe general health and wellbeing of an organisation's workforce, also referred to as employee welfare, remains a crucial component in organisational and leadership planning. At the level of an individual, welfare is often related to one's level of satisfaction, engagement and dedication. At the organisational level, welfare can be associated with productivity, turnover, and employee relationships. An employee's welfare, particularly in a caring profession, is often subject to the emotionally demanding needs of their patients, which significantly affects their ability to remain empathic and compassionate towards others, and themselves. Empathy, like any emotional resource, can be exhausted if not replenished often. Compassion fatigue, also known as empathy burnout, is an emotional state experienced by those working in emotionally demanding roles, such as healthcare professionals, police service and social workers. The common symptoms of empathy burnout include depression, anxiety, absenteeism and lethargy. At an organisational level, it is imperative that leadership decisions consider the implications of their profession to the wider workforce, and so develop strategies to prevent empathy burnout. This paper explored the perspectives of employee welfare at a local hospital to develop strategies for change that may assist caring professionals in managing their stress and maintaining levels of empathy. From the exploratory research project, strategies emerged that could be actioned to improve employee welfare across the organisation. These strategies for change included strengthening communication lines to eliminate barriers to support, bolstering the existing employee assistance programme, developing resilience training schemes, and closing the gap between executive leadership and staff. Caring professions are positions/roles including but not limited to nursing, clinicians, physicians, paramedics, mental health employee, caregiving, counsellors, physiologists, orderly and welfare officers.Emotional intelligence research remains an area of interest across industries, particularly in human resources management and the healthcare industry (Kurup & Rishi, 2016). The need for this research originated from the desire of a Health and Safety Manager to understand the current state of employee welfare within their organisation, and explore related benefits available in their workforce. The aim was to understand perspectives of employee welfare at the hospital at the focus of this research, and compare findings between managerial and non-managerial employees. To achieve this aim, a series of semi-structured interviews and quantitative surveys were undertaken with hospital employees including those working in clinical areas, management and administration. Though the sample size of this research was small, the findings revealed a valuable snapshot of employee welfare within the hospital, and and potentially, wider implications.The questionnaire items that were developed from existing research, assessed three speci...

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“…Hojat (2009) notes that compassion fatigue is a real risk in professions where high levels of empathy and EI are needed. Hofmeyer et al (2016) describe compassion fatigue for nurses as "losing their nurturing ability toward patients, toward colleagues, and toward themselves" (p. 203). Symptoms of compassion fatigue include depression, anxiety, despondency, depersonalising patients, lethargy, lapses in concentration, low self-esteem, irritability, apathy and physical fatigue (Schwerman & Stellmacher, 2012;Slatten, Carson & Carson, 2011;Thompson, 2013).…”

Section: Compassion Fatiguementioning

confidence: 99%