Date Approved
12-11-2013
Embargo Period
3-3-2020
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ed.D. Educational Leadership
Department
Educational Leadership
College
College of Education
Advisor
Sisco, Burton
Subject(s)
Secondary traumatic stress; Nurses--Education; Universities and colleges--Faculty
Disciplines
Other Educational Administration and Supervision
Abstract
There is a paucity of extant research on compassion fatigue in nurse faculty. The literature contextualized the existence of compassion fatigue in nurses practicing in the clinical area as well as those in service professions. This explanatory mixed methods study examines the risk of compassion fatigue among full time nurse faculty teaching in three four-year baccalaureate generic nursing programs. The relationship between compassion fatigue and nurse faculty's attitudes of stress in their work environment was further explored with the Margin In Life instrument to determine if there was a relationship between compassion fatigue and an individual's power, load and margin. The research consisted of two phases. The first phase involved the distribution of research packets containing the Professional Quality Of Life instrument, Margin-In-Life instruments, and open ended questions. The second phase of the study consisted of one-on-one interviews. Results indicate nurse faculty are generally satisfied with their chosen profession; however, compassion fatigue was identified in 20% of the subjects. Leadership and the work related perceptions of faculty had an impact on job satisfaction. This study provides empirical evidence that compassion fatigue does exist in this sample. Further research on a larger scale is required for generalizability of the findings.
Recommended Citation
Price, Patricia, "Compassion fatigue In nurse faculty" (2013). Theses and Dissertations. 368.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/368