Assessment of Compassion Fatigue and Empathy Levels in Nurses During the COVID-19 Outbreak: Turkey’s Case

This study was conducted to determine the compassion fatigue level of nurses and to review several variables believed to be associated with it; in addition, an assessment is made of empathy levels in the same group. This is a cross-sectional study conducted from December 2021 to May 2022 on nurses w...

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Authors: Sahin, Sevil (Author) ; Arioz Duzgun, Ayten (Author) ; Unsal, Alaettin (Author) ; Inan Kirmizigul, Ebru (Author) ; Ozdemir, Aleyna (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2023
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 1343-1357
Further subjects:B Turkey
B Covid-19
B Compassion fatigue
B Empathy
B Nurse
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