Compassion & Choices

Famed American author David Foster Wallace gave a commencement speech to Kenyon College’s graduating class of 2005. Most commencement speeches focus on graduates’ accomplishments as well as give general life advice. Wallace’s presentation follows this pattern at first, congratulating the students on getting their diplomas. However, most of his speech is dedicated to the idea of thinking beyond ourselves. Throughout the speech, Wallace argues we should live with empathy through his use of humor and

Compassion Fatigue Cynthia Young University of St. Mary Compassion Fatigue Two hours until shift change and Sally Smith, RN was looking forward to going home and putting her aching legs up on the ottoman and drinking an ice cold Coke. She was thinking to herself that the patients were so needy all the time, she felt she gave them all she had and still all she had was not enough. All Sally heard was “get me this” and “get me that”… “I can’t get out of here soon enough, we never have

Compassion The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate an understanding of compassion, its importance and effects in health care. Compassion is an interesting topic and very important element within nursing (Dietze and Orb 2000). Involving patients, understanding their situation and being close to them rather than seeing them as a medical condition or procedure. Main In all aspects of nursing it is important that nurses are able to provide care with compassion. As it impels and empowers nurses

At a young age, children do not understand the importance of having compassion as for they hold innocence within themselves. Growing up and maturing into an adult, children begin to progressively lose their innocence as they become more of a compassionate person because one can not have both innocence and compassion simultaneously. In fact, a coming of age short story called “Marigolds” written by Eugenia Collier, tells about a young girl named Lizabeth who grows up to become a compassionate person

Change is one of the most difficult things to do, it is always difficult to find what to change let alone how to change. However, one of the key messages a writer can convey to an audience is human compassion or empathy, to inspire action or change, and to bring about a deeper understanding of the world. Both writer Upton Sinclair’s fiction writing “The Jungle” and the non-fiction writing “The Harvest Gypsies” by John Steinbeck inform the reader of the difficulties faced by immigrants and migrant

My Sister, My Heroine “Buck up Buttercup,” (Wood). Something I have been told my whole life, and have recently learned to appreciate. My sister, Tanya Jai Peterson Wood, has said to me to “Buck up Buttercup” many times under a vast variety of circumstances, to the point where I say it to others, and think it even when TJ is not around. TJ has made the biggest difference in my life, and is my heroine. I chose TJ to be my heroine because she is the most real to me; she has most changed my life and

understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen” (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross). Compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern make mankind beautiful, but it also makes it defenseless . When one has concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others, he takes sacrifices, risks, and lives with uncertainty. When man is compassionate, he lives a vulnerable life. Love and compassion bring out the beauty in mankind, but they

. This exploratory study used a cross sectional survey method (Hopper, Craig, Janvir, Wetsel, Reimels, Anderson, Greenvilee & Clemson, 2010, p. 422). Compassion satisfaction and fatigue subscales were measured using the Professional Quality of Life, using ProQOL R-IV instrument (Hopper, et al. 2010, p. 423). Despite study limitations which were small sample size, authors concluded that recognising the signs and symptoms, and identifying best practice interventions and raising awareness, will lead

unique human beings in complementary roles. In a healthcare context, Sabo (2006) states that empathy and compassion are critical aspects involved in understanding the clients’ needs to create a therapeutic relationship between client and nurse. The integration of the concepts of compassion and empathy could become a negative facilitator of ‘the cost of caring for others’ later described as Compassion Fatigue (CF) (Figley, 1995). The definition is contested, though; the first definition was proposed by

The five values at Cal State Eastbay are: Truth, Justice, Compassion, Partnership and Community. Write five short paragraphs about whether people in your work organization (a) are truthful, (b) pursue justice [fairness for all], (c) are compassionate, (d) develop partnerships, and (e) engage others in the spirit of community, one short paragraph per value. Support your conclusions with examples. I decided to write about the people in my work organization because it is an issue that I have to deal