Abstract

This correlational study aimed to examine the effect of an educational intervention on nurses' engagement in healthy behaviors and perceptions of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction. Nurses who participated in the intervention engaged in significantly more healthy behaviors and experienced significantly less compassion fatigue and more compassion satisfaction.

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44th Biennial Convention 2017 Theme: Influence Through Action: Advancing Global Health, Nursing, and Midwifery.

Author Details

Patricia A. Avila, MSN, Cancer Service Line, Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana, USA; K. Renee Twibell, PhD, Nursing Administration, Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana, USA; Brittany Dorton, MSN, Resource Pool, Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana, USA; Gwendolyn Rook, BS, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana, USA; Katlin N. Duncan, BS, Oncology Unit, Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana, USA

Sigma Membership

Beta Rho at-Large

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Format Type

Text-based Document

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Keywords:

Compassion Fatigue, Healthy Behaviors, Professional Quality of Life

Conference Name

44th Biennial Convention

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Conference Year

2017

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The effect of an educational intervention on nurses' healthy behaviors, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

This correlational study aimed to examine the effect of an educational intervention on nurses' engagement in healthy behaviors and perceptions of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction. Nurses who participated in the intervention engaged in significantly more healthy behaviors and experienced significantly less compassion fatigue and more compassion satisfaction.