Title : Graduating Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) students: Satisfied, fatigued, or stressed?
Abstract:
Nursing care is not a duty that should be taken lightly-it is of utmost importance that nursing care is delivered to clients safely with empathy and competence. Professional nurses, such as a Registered Nurse (RN), are on the frontlines of providing care. ?The backbone of a true caring professional is compassion, where care providers have a feeling of empathy for the suffering or misfortune of others and understand the client?s personal feelings or experiences without being judgmental? (Mathias & Wentzel, 2017, e. 1). However, nurses may experience compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, or secondary traumatic stress. Upon graduation, pre-licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students seek to become an RN. Michalec, Diefenbeck, and Mahoney (2013) suggest ?Because burnout and compassion fatigue are such a detriment to nurse well-being and the nursing workforce overall, it is essential to uncover if and to what extent nurses-in-training may be suffering from these debilitating affective/cognitive states? (p. 314).
Audience Take Away Notes:
• This study seeks to investigate the following:
1. Does compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, or secondary traumatic stress exist amongst final semester pre-licensure BSN students?
2. What interventions do students recommend the faculty should offer to assist students with managing compassion fatigue or stress?
• Results from this study will provide nurse educators with assessment data related to graduating students as well as possible interventions to implement to assist with managing compassion fatigue or stress
