In the presence of death and dying: death attitudes and compassion fatigue among certified nursing assistants in skilled care
Implications highlight the need to develop interventions focusing on palliative skills-based training and emotional support of CNAs in their role as end-of-life caregivers. By reducing compassion fatigue, it may be possible to decrease job turnover and increase quality-of-care for residents.
Authors
- Morgan K. Eichorst
- C. Réel
- G Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6979-3430)
- Rebecca S. Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2563-4996)
- Ashley Fromenthal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2110-3597)
Institutions
- University of Alabama (US)
- Institute on Aging (US)
- VA Northern Indiana Health Care System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Aging & Mental Health
- Published
- 2024-09-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2399089
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.56