The Effect of Implementing Work Stress Management Program on Compassion Fatigue of Nurses Working at Oncology Department | ||||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||||
| Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2023, Page 996-1010 PDF (608.87 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.279994 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Eman Abd El-Fattah Mohammed* 1; Ghada Mohamed Mourad2; Faten Mohamed Ahmed3 | ||||
| 1Director of Nursing 57357 children cancer hospital, Egypt | ||||
| 2Professor of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Benha University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Compassion fatigue is a unique form of burnout that directly affects nurses and is caused by a chronic desire to care for and be concerned about others. Aim of the study: Was to evaluate the effect of implementing work stress management program on oncology staff nurse's compassion fatigue. Design: Quasi experimental design. (Pre-program, post- program) was utilized to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Pediatric Oncology department of the National Cancer Institute. Sample: A convenient sample of 50 oncology nurses working with children cancer patient in the previously mentioned setting. Data collection tool: Four tools were used. I: Socio-demographic data, II: Stress index tool to assess work stress facing pediatric oncology nurses, III: Compassion fatigue index to assess the nurse’s compassion fatigue sign, IV: Stress management knowledge questionnaire to assess nurse’s knowledge about stress management strategies. Results: There is highly significance difference regarding subjects, total domain of work stressors, compassion fatigue and total knowledge pre and post intervention. 36% of studied nurses had high total work stress pre- program while, only 12% of them had post- intervention. 48% of them had high total domain of compassion fatigue pre- program while, only 18% of them had postprogram. Only 10% of the studied nurses had good knowledge pre-intervention while, 48% of them had good knowledge post- intervention. Conclusion: Work stress management program on pediatric oncology staff nurses was succeeded to reduce the nurse's compassion fatigue and increase their knowledge of stress management strategies. Recommendation: Training stress management skills using the role of positive attitude towards the profession, training courses to increase knowledge to the level of the nurses, Continuous education, social support and creating self-confidence among nurses. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Compassion fatigue; Oncology Nurses; Pediatric oncology; Work stress | ||||
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