TY - JOUR

T1 - Træt af at yde omsorg

T2 - Et aktionsforskningsstudie om, hvordan man forebygger omsorgstræthed blandt medarbejdere på hospice gennem relationsarbejde

AU - Viftrup, Dorte Toudal

AU - Hvidt, Niels Christian

AU - Boelsbjerg, Hanne Bess

PY - 2022/10

Y1 - 2022/10

N2 - Background: When confronted with human suffering and death, health professionals may experience compassion fatigue. The aim was to study how to prevent compassion fatigue when caring spiritually for patients.Method: The study took place with patients and staff at two hospices in Denmark. The design included 12 individual interviews with patients and nine focus group interviews with the staff, six of these after participation in workshops on spiritual care.Results: Compassion fatigue was a challenge for hospice staff. Providing spiritual care to dying patients revealed a ‘double vulnerability’, for which the staff needed to prepare.Conclusion: By participating in workshops and reflecting with close colleagues, the staff came to the conclusion that they needed a shared professional language for spiritual care and collegial spiritual care to prevent compassion fatigue. The study illustrates the importance of establishing supportive relationships among the staff to enable them to practice and receive spiritual care.

AB - Background: When confronted with human suffering and death, health professionals may experience compassion fatigue. The aim was to study how to prevent compassion fatigue when caring spiritually for patients.Method: The study took place with patients and staff at two hospices in Denmark. The design included 12 individual interviews with patients and nine focus group interviews with the staff, six of these after participation in workshops on spiritual care.Results: Compassion fatigue was a challenge for hospice staff. Providing spiritual care to dying patients revealed a ‘double vulnerability’, for which the staff needed to prepare.Conclusion: By participating in workshops and reflecting with close colleagues, the staff came to the conclusion that they needed a shared professional language for spiritual care and collegial spiritual care to prevent compassion fatigue. The study illustrates the importance of establishing supportive relationships among the staff to enable them to practice and receive spiritual care.

KW - Colligial care

KW - compassion

KW - palliative care

KW - spiritual care

KW - self-compassion

U2 - 10.18261/ks.36.3.4

DO - 10.18261/ks.36.3.4

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

VL - 36

SP - 191

EP - 206

JO - Klinisk Sygepleje

JF - Klinisk Sygepleje

SN - 0902-2767

IS - 3

ER -