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. 2023 Apr;21(2):202-206.
doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2022.04.009. Epub 2022 May 13.

Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout in Nurses: The Nurse Leader's Response

Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout in Nurses: The Nurse Leader's Response

Elizabeth A Wolotira. Nurse Lead. 2023 Apr.

Abstract

Within health care, trauma-informed care has become an embedded approach in caring for patients; however, nurse leaders are not always prepared to lead nurses with a background of trauma. Nurses' past trauma, coupled with workplace stressors, may result in compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. Nurse leader engagement and trauma-informed leadership approaches are imperative to mitigate and mediate the effects of trauma in nurses as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes.

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