Burnout and its relationship to empathy in nursing : A review of the literature

Hunt, Patricia A. and Denieffe, Suzanne and Gooney, Martina (2017) Burnout and its relationship to empathy in nursing : A review of the literature. Journal of Research in Nursing, 22 (1-2). pp. 7-22. ISSN 1744-9871

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Abstract

Compassion and empathy are viewed as important by both nurses and patients. The positive emotions that nurses feel as a result of compassionate and empathic practice are known as compassion satisfaction, whilst the negative consequences are known as burnout and compassion fatigue. Empathy has two distinct components: emotional empathy, which involves feeling the emotions of another, and cognitive empathy, which relates to self-regulation of the emotion felt. The purpose of this literature review is to examine the relationship between burnout and empathy in the nursing literature. The results suggest that the relationship between these constructs is complex, and an ability to self-regulate emotions during empathic engagement may reduce the risk of burnout. The implications for nurses, health care organisations, educators and health care policy makers are discussed. This review provides insight into how adaptive empathic engagement may reduce the risk of burnout.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2017.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2900/2922
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Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2022 23:06
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2023 07:05
URI:	http://repository-testing.wit.ie/id/eprint/4102

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