Revista latino-americana de enfermagem
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Rev Lat Am Enfermagem · Jan 2019
Compassion fatigue among nurses working on an adult emergency and urgent care unit.
to assess compassion fatigue levels among nurses and its variation according socio-demographic and professional characteristics. ⋯ we found compassion fatigue, expressed in the large percentage of nurses with high levels of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Fatigue is related to individual factors such as age, gender, job experience and leisure activities. Doing research and understanding this phenomenon allow the development of health promotion strategies at work.