Review

Research Progress on Compassion Fatigue in Emergency Nurses

Yi-Qing He, Hong Zhou^✉

¹Department of Nursing, the Medical College, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China.

✉ Correspondence
Hong Zhou, Department of Nursing, the Medical College, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China. Email:[email protected] number: 13872298935.
Received: October 28, 2019; Accepted: June 7, 2020; Published online: June 8, 2020.
Cite this paper: Yi-Qing He and Hong Zhou. (2020) Research progress on compassion fatigue in emergency nurses. Global Journal of Neuroscience, 1(1):27-34. https://naturescholars.com/gjn.010105. https://doi.org/10.46633/gjn.010105.
Copyright© 2020 by Scholars Publishing, LLC.

Abstract

Compassion fatigue (CF) is a common mental health problem for medical staff. It refers to the emotional stress that occurs after providing care for people who suffer from illness. This article summarized the related concepts, status, influencing factors and countermeasures of compassion fatigue in emergency nurses, and provided a reference for improving compassion fatigue for emergency nurses. It was hoped that the physical and mental health of emergency nurses could be promoted.

Key words: Compassion Fatigue (CF); Emergency Department; Nurse; Review.