title: Recognising and combating compassion fatigue in nursing.
abstract: In this monthly column, Aysha Mendes explores the reasons why nurses may feel compassion fatigue and ways NHS organisations and nurses themselves can engage in activities that will help them renew their emotional energy.
authors.affiliation: Freelance Journalist.
authors.forename: Aysha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D005221:Fatigue; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom