Developing and maintaining compassionate care in nursing.

This article aims to support and guide nurses in developing their capacity to be compassionate. It explores concepts related to compassion, including compassion satisfaction, fatigue, literacy and self-compassion, and outlines strategies that nurses can implement to promote compassionate care. This article encourages nurses to identify their personal and professional values, to understand how these can influence their attitudes and behaviours. By raising awareness of these concepts, as well as the challenges and changing nature of compassion, it is hoped that nurses' capacity to provide compassionate care will be enhanced.
PMID: 29094531 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Nursing Standard - September 20, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Henderson A, Jones J Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research