{"title":"Compassion Fatigue: Strategies for Minimizing Impact on Aesthetic Medical Providers.","authors":"Connie Brennan","doi":"10.1097/PSN.0000000000000365","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Compassion fatigue is emotional, physical, and spiritual exhaustion from witnessing and absorbing the problems of others. Aesthetic providers are prone to becoming victims of compassion fatigue because of the stress of meeting the often overwhelming needs of pºatients. This article discusses what is known about compassion fatigue, what differentiates it from burnout, and how to recognize and combat it.</p>","PeriodicalId":20248,"journal":{"name":"Plastic Surgical Nursing","volume":"41 1","pages":"61-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Plastic Surgical Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PSN.0000000000000365","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Compassion fatigue is emotional, physical, and spiritual exhaustion from witnessing and absorbing the problems of others. Aesthetic providers are prone to becoming victims of compassion fatigue because of the stress of meeting the often overwhelming needs of pºatients. This article discusses what is known about compassion fatigue, what differentiates it from burnout, and how to recognize and combat it.
期刊介绍:
Plastic Surgical Nursing, the official journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses (ASPSN), presents the latest advances in plastic and reconstructive surgical nursing practice. Written by and for plastic surgical nurses, Plastic Surgical Nursing features clinical articles covering a wide variety of surgical procedures. Patient education techniques and research findings are also included, as well as articles discussing the ethical issues and trends in this expanding clinical nursing specialty. The journal also contains continuing education for the entire scope of Plastic Surgical Nursing practice.