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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Nursing
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- Abstract:
- Background: Nurse leaders must navigate between organizational demands and patient advocacy, daily encountering conflicting priorities while making decisions that are aligned with the success of the organization without sacrificing quality of care or the core values of nursing, caring and compassion. This navigation can lead to stress, which has the potential to filter into the work-practice environment and affect the integrity of nursing and compromise care. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of compassion fatigue among nurse leaders in acute care hospitals and explore the relationship between various nurse leader characteristics and the work-practice environment. Theoretical Framework: Figley’s Compassion Stress and Fatigue Model. Methods: Non-experimental, correlational, and comparative study. The Professional Quality of Life Scale (PROQOL5) and the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PESNWI) were the instruments. Nurse leaders completed the PROQOL5, and the staff nurses completed the PES-NWI. Results: The risk of CF was not found to be significantly related with age (p = 0.67), gender (p =0.48), or income (p = 0.78) but was related the Magnet status of the hospital (p = 0.001) and years of experience (p = 0.02). The prevalence of CF with nurse leaders was 16.28%. The PESNWI received lower scores on various subscales and composite scores were lower with the presence of CF, although the lower composite scores were not significant (p = 0.15.) Conclusions: There is a presence of compassion fatigue with nurse leaders and various effects were identified with the work-practice environment.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2013.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-202).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Lisa R. Mitchell Quintero. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- RT86.3.Q85 2013_QuinteroLisa ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- RT86.3.Q85 2013 ( lcc )
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