Pediatric novice nurses: examining compassion fatigue as a mediator between stress exposure and compassion satisfaction, burnout, and job satisfaction.
We investigated whether compassion fatigue mediated associations between nurse stress exposure and job satisfaction, compassion satisfaction, and burnout, controlling for pre-existing stress. The Life Events Checklist was administered to 251 novice pediatric nurses at the start of the nurse residency program (baseline) and 3 months after to assess pre-existing and current stress exposure. Compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout were assessed 3 months after baseline and job satisfaction 6 months after. Stress exposure significantly predicted lower compassion satisfaction and more burnout. Compassion fatigue partially mediated these associations. Results demonstrate a need for hospitals to prevent compassion fatigue in healthcare providers.
Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: rmeyer@chla.usc.edu.
Rika M L
RM
Meyer
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Angela
A
Li
RN Residency in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Jessica
J
Klaristenfeld
Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Jeffrey I
JI
Gold
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D057189:Checklist; D002983:Clinical Competence; D000068376:Compassion Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors
Burnout; Compassion fatigue; Job satisfaction; Nurses; Stress; Trauma