“…Oncology nurses are highly vulnerable to burnout because of ongoing stress (Medland, Howard-Ruben, & Whitaker, 2004). Working with dying patients and their families, being asked to continue with invasive life-prolonging therapy that diminishes patient quality of life, and attempting to instill hope with end-of-life issues can increase stress and feelings of hopelessness (Fillion, Dupuis, Tremblay, De Grace, & Breitbart, 2006;Kelly, Ross, Gray, & Smith, 2000). To add additional stress, oncology nurses tend to ignore their own grief and neglect their emotional needs (Boyle, 2011).…”