Combating Compassion Fatigue



Combating Compassion Fatigue

Introduction

With the increase in the demands of patient's care, compassion fatigue is flourishing day by day. The patient's care has become more organized and challenging for the nursing community resulting in the increased paperwork and physical activity. This situation becomes worse when the nurses exert more than their potentials to live up to the expectations of their self-raised standards in order to meet the demands of their patients. In the pursuit of their career, they go up in the flames due to the daily work pressure. The medical profession predisposes nurses and physicians to a disease, ...