Keywords

burnout, compassion fatigue, oncology nurses, secondary traumatic stress, self-care, self-compassion

 

Authors

  1. Reiser, Victoria L. BSN, RN, BMTCN, OCN
  2. Gonzalez, Judith F. Zedreck DNP, MPM, NEA-BC

Abstract

Abstract: Oncology nurses are at increased risk for compassion fatigue compared with those in other specialties. This article describes a quality improvement project to create self-compassion tool kits by incorporating the input and opinions of the frontline staff.