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com·pas·sion fa·tigue (noun): indifference to charitable appeals on behalf of those who are suffering, experienced as a result of the frequency or number of such appeals. Most of us who work in healthcare or deal with mental health or substance ab...
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As my friend and I settled into a quick bite of lunch, I casually asked her, "So how are your parents getting along?" I knew she had been taking care of her elderly folks for several years. While they lived fairly near her, they both had a number of ...
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The profession of nursing carries with it a high risk for burnout and compassion fatigue. While these two terms may seem synonymous, there are some significant differences. These differences aside, however, the issue of how nurses can successfully co...
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I've been crying all morning coming from a pain so deeply repressed and locked inside me. I watched my last patient die three days ago and leave in his wake a broken family truly taken to the depths of misery and suffering. It was unexpected as most ...
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"Mommy, why do you have to go?" Every day now, I am asked that question from one of the most important people in my life - my six year old daughter. "I miss you when you are gone." "When you are home you sleep all day." "I miss hanging out with you."...
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Jennifer Castaneda, RN, BSN, HCT, didn't know what was wrong, but she knew that she didn't want to work at the bedside anymore. When she was younger, her future profession was preordained. Many of her family members worked in the medical field. Now s...
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Nursing is a very busy and rewarding career. During my 36 years, I have had many experiences in which I have been exhilarated, saddened, overwhelmed, and just plain exhausted. None, however, compare to the night that I was humbled right in the place ...
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"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 Tears spilled over as I clicked off my cell phone and started the car, instructing my GPS to take me to my next hospice visit thirty miles away. The tears were ...
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