Compassion Fatigue in Nurses Working in Surgical Clinics

Abstract

This research was carried out with a total of 207 nurses who agreed to participate in the study in a research hospital surgical clinics between February and May 2016. The data collection tool used was the socio-demographic characteristics form and the Quality of Life Scale for Employees, which consist of the sub-dimensions of occupational satisfaction, burnout and compassion fatigue. As a result of the study, it was found that as the age of increased, the rate of professional satisfaction increased, the rate of  job satisfaction was higher for female and the rate of burnout was higher for men, the lower level of education was cause lower professional satisfaction and higher compassion fatigue.

Keywords

• Professional quality of life,Surgical nurse,Compassion fatigue

Cerrahi Kliniklerde Çalışan Hemşirelerde Merhamet Yorgunluğu

Abstract

Bu araştırma bir araştırma hastanesi cerrahi kliniklerinde, Şubat-Mayıs 2016 tarihleri arasında araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 207 hemşire ile yapıldı. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak sosyo-demografik özellikler formu ve mesleki tatmin, tükenmişlik ve merhamet yorgunluğu alt boyutlarından oluşan Çalışanlar İçin Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği kullanıldı. Sosyo-demografik özelliklere göre oluşturulan gruplar (cinsiyet, medeni durum vb.) arası karşılaştırmalar normal dağılımlar için İki Ortalama Arasındaki Farkın Önemlilik Testi (Independent Samples T test) analizleri kullanıldı ve normal olmayan dağılımlar için Mann-Whitney U testi ve Kruskal-Wallis Testi kullanılarak yapıldı. Araştırma sonucunda hemşirelerin yaşları arttıkça mesleki memnuniyet oranının da arttığı, kadınların mesleki memnuniyet oranının, erkeklerin ise tükenmişlik oranının daha yüksek olduğu, eğitim düzeyi düştükçe mesleki memnuniyet oranının azaldığı ve merhamet yorgunluğunun arttığı bulundu. 

Keywords

• Mesleki yaşam kalitesi,Cerrahi hemşire,Merhamet yorgunluğu

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