A wellness programme to prevent and manage compassion fatigue amongst nurses working in an anti-retroviral clinic in a public tertiary hospital

Introduction: Compassion fatigue is an extreme state of tension and preoccupation with the suffering of those being helped and affects those who work in caring professions. Helping people in distress can traumatise the helper because of their empathetic ability. Nurses who work in ARV clinics wit...

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Main Author: Tellie, Mercia Jane
Other Authors: Leech, Ronell
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61672
Tellie, MJ 2016, A wellness programme to prevent and manage compassion fatigue amongst nurses working in an anti-retroviral clinic in a public tertiary hospital, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61672>