[Verified Answer]: Relationships Among Self-Care, Compassion…

Relationships Among Self-Care, Compassion Satisfaction, and Compassion Fatigue of Nurses in Community Hospitals in the Southeastern United States Katherine L. Rigdon, PhD, MSN, RN Karen Winters, PhD, RN* University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among self-care, compassion satisfaction, and compassion fatigue of nurses in community hospitals in the Southeastern United States. A descriptive, nonexperimental, cornelational, cross-sectional research design using purposive convenience sampling with primary data analysis was utilized in this study. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics, simple linear regression, and multiple linear regression. Statistically significant relationships were identified for self-care and compassion satisfaction and also self-care and compussion fatigue/burnout. Keywords caring; self-care; compassion satisfaction; compassion fatigue; burnout; secondary traumatic stress