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People in Disasters Conference - A Systematic Review of Compassion Fatigue of Nurses During and After the Canterbury Earthquakes

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A video of a presentation by Jai Chung during the Staff and Patients Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "A Systematic Review of Compassion Fatigue of Nurses During and After the Canterbury Earthquakes".

The abstract for the presentation reads as follows:

Limited research is currently available about compassion fatigue of health professionals during and after disasters in New Zealand. The purpose of this systematic literature review was to provide a comprehensive outline of existing research. National and international literature was compared and contrasted to determine the importance of recognising compassion fatigue during and after disasters. Health professionals responding to disasters have played an important role in saving lives. Especially, during and after the Canterbury earthquakes, many health professionals cared for the traumatized public of the region. When responding to and caring for many distressed people, health professionals - particularly nurses - may strongly empathise with people's pain, fear, and distress. Consequently, they can be affected both emotionally and physically. Nurses may experience intensive and extreme distress and trauma directly and indirectly. Physical exhaustion can arise quickly. Emotional exhaustion such as hopelessness and helplessness may lead to nurses losing the ability to nurture and care for people during disasters. This can lead to compassion fatigue. It is important to understand how health professionals, especially nurses, experience compassion fatigue in order to help them respond to disasters appropriately. International literature explains the importance of recognising compassion fatigue in nursing, and explores different coping mechanisms that assist nurses overcome or prevent this health problem. In contrast, New Zealand literature is limited to experiences of nurses' attitudes in responding to natural disasters. In light of this, this literature review will help to raise awareness about the importance of recognising and addressing symptoms of compassion fatigue in a profession such as nursing. Gaps within the research will also be identified along with recommendations for future research in this area, especially from a New Zealand perspective.

Please note that due to a recording error the sound cuts out at 9 minutes.

Subject
People in Disasters, conference, Jai Chung, compassion fatigue, nursing, Staff and Patients Stream, staff, Health and Wellbeing
Type
Moving Image
Identifier
qsr-object:310620
Creator
Jai Chung
Creator credit
Lucy-Jane Walsh
Date
12:35pm 24 February 2016
Format
video/mp4
Coverage
People in Disasters Conference, 45 Harvard Avenue
Rights
Creative Commons BY 3.0 NZ

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