Abstract

The aim of this research is to establish a baseline stress, compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary trauma stress for a group of USA hospital-based nurses; and analyze their perceptions after exposure during a short-term peacetime international service experience in rural Nicaragua.

Author Details

Caroline Warren, BSN, RN, CHES, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Diana Lyn Baptiste, DNP, MSN, RN, Department of Acute and Chronic Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Rebecca Wright, PhD, BSc (Hons), RN, Community and Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Sigma Membership

Nu Beta at-Large

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Compassion Fatigue, International Service, Stress

Conference Name

29th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Melbourne, Australia

Conference Year

2018

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Stress and compassion fatigue of nurses on an international service trip: A mixed-methods study

Melbourne, Australia

The aim of this research is to establish a baseline stress, compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary trauma stress for a group of USA hospital-based nurses; and analyze their perceptions after exposure during a short-term peacetime international service experience in rural Nicaragua.