Nurses’ Perspectives on Compassionate Care for Patients with Exacerbated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Journal of Allergy & TherapyPublished 1 January 2013Open access
Marit Kvangarsnes
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The study showed that compassionate care involves interventions at different levels with particular attention to simple comforting care and technical adjustments and showed a need for enhanced multidisciplinary cooperation in planning the subsequent clinical pathway.
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The need for compassionate care in modern health care has been discussed worldwide [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].Compassion fatigue and burnout are frequently associated with intensive care nursing practice.Support for engagement in health promotional behaviours may be of help to nurses' well-being in counteracting compassion fatigue and enhancing compassion [24].The term compassion is defined in different ways.In this paper, we define compassion as a strong awareness of or sensitivity
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