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Implementing a Peer Support Network to Promote Compassion Without Fatigue
Carol Wahl1, Teresa Barry Hultquist, Leeza Struwe
1Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor (Dr Wahl), University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, Kearney; Associate Professor (Dr Hultquist), University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, Omaha; and Assistant Professor (Dr Struwe), University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, Lincoln; Clinical Educator (Ms Moore), CHI Health Good Samaritan, Kearney, Nebraska.
Objective:
The aims of this study were to implement a Peer Support Network (PSN) pilot project including education/training, peer support, and resiliency training and to explore how interventions impact compassion satisfaction (CS) and compassion fatigue (CF) in a community hospital.
Background:
CF has been reported to negatively affect nurse retention. The PSN provides a 3-tiered team approach to enhance CS and support nurses experiencing CF symptoms.
Methods:
Twenty nurses participated in PSN training and completed preimplementation and 6-week postimplementation surveys: Professional Quality of Life, Compassion Practice Instrument, and self-care resource utilization.
Results:
Statistically significant improvements in CS and nonstatistical improvements in CF were found.
Conclusion:
Promoting a PSN may increase CS and potentially prevent work-related physical, emotional, social, and intellectual CF sequelae.
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