designed by Charles R. Figley, founder of the International Traumatology Institute, measures levels of compassion fatigue, burnout, and satisfaction and can give those who take the test an indication ...

Compassion fatigue is a type of secondary trauma that occurs when a provider experiences distress from their ongoing role in taking care of patients who are suffering. They become emotionally and ...

The explosion of telehealth, remote monitoring, and screen-based charting is leading to digital compassion fatigue for nurses.

We're doing it for the animals and the work is never done I know I'm not alone in receiving notes from huge-hearted people who work tirelessly and selflessly on behalf of nonhuman animals (animals).

A study of psychiatrists in Turkey found a strong correlation between the imposter phenomenon on one side, and burnout, maladaptive perfectionism, and compassion fatigue on the other. In other words, ...

Caring for ourselves also means seeking social connections who can provide practical and emotional support to us when we’re struggling. A study of nurses found that belonging to a more cohesive group ...

Therapists often enter the profession because they believe in healing, growth, and the power of human connection. But when a ...

In the past two years, as my kids grew, my roles and responsibilities changed at work, and my life continued marching on, I’ve developed a need that I haven’t really had before. I need something that ...

in Virginia, traveled to northern New Jersey to consult at the Bon Secours hospitals in Hoboken and Jersey City. She wasn’t there to help take care of the hospitals’ patients, but rather their staff ...

Dear Carol: My parents and in-laws all lived to be very old, with years of physical and cognitive decline. I willingly cared for them all. While I’m glad I could do that for them, once they’d all ...