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  • Critical Care
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Critical care nurses face risks of compassion fatigue alongside satisfaction in patient care.
  • Professional quality of life balances compassion satisfaction and fatigue.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Determine the prevalence of compassion satisfaction and fatigue in critical care nurses.
  • Identify demographic, unit, and organizational factors influencing these outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional survey design.
  • Utilized demographic questionnaire and Professional Quality of Life Scale.
  • Measured compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction levels.

Main Results:

  • 221 nurses participated.
  • Significant differences in compassion satisfaction and fatigue were found based on sex, age, education, unit, acuity, and organizational changes.
  • Identified key influencing factors.

Conclusions:

  • Understanding professional quality of life elements can enhance work environments.
  • Further research is needed on the relationship between professional quality of life and healthy work environment standards.
  • Interventions to improve nurse well-being can be developed based on these findings.