Compassion International

Radiologic technologist do not spend the amount of time with patients that nurses do, providing patients with individualized patient care is a necessity for a hospital. The compassion given and exuberated from health care workers contains benefits and risks. Many times this compassion given often times results in compassion satisfaction. This results in the caregiver feeling a sense of personal benefit because of their contributions to the patient. The risks associated with the compassionate nature

A child holds innocence from a young age and does not understand the importance of having compassion. As a child's innocence gradually fade away due to maturity, he or she transforms into a compassionate person. In a coming of age short story, “Marigolds,” Eugenia Collier writes about a series of events where a young girl, named Lizabeth, develops into a compassionate person. Lizabeth narrates these events in a flashback that involve the marigolds of her neighbor, Miss Lottie. Miss Lottie's marigolds

Compassion and forgiveness are the themes that post-apocalyptic literature tends to put a minor emphasis throughout the stories. As the post-apocalyptic worlds described by the authors are usually focuses on the themes of violence, spirituality, isolation and most importantly survival. The both novels of the research implement the ideas of compassion and forgiveness differently. Miller points out in his novel that, whenever people start building up civilization based on science alone; unavoidable

Compassion, though seemingly straight-forward, is actually a complex beast, springing from a variety of sources, including some less than flattering ones. These sources can include pity, fear, and self advancement, which are rarely associated with something as “good” as being compassionate. However, in “On Compassion”, by Barbara Ascher argues that compassion is something that must be learned through experience, not something one is born knowing, by giving examples of the actions of those who have

helps fight depression, it has also been shown to increase one’s lifespan because all the health benefits of not being stressed. You may think you are being selfless, but you are also benefiting yourself in a way you did not know about. Developing compassion increases our happiness. In an experiment published in Science by Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton, they gave money to; two sets of groups, one that spent money on themselves and the other spent it on other people. It was found that

tend to misunderstand other individuals because we hold them up to our own moral standards. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone…. remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” (Fitzgerald 1). Without compassion, we are quick to assume and judge other individuals, whereas we only think of ourselves. When being consumed with our own thoughts and own well-being, we become self-centered individuals with our default settings on. In This Is Water, Wallace defines

and this change enhances the way care is provided whilst maintaining dignity, giving respects and compassion to people (NHS, 2012, Ford, 2017). According to NHS (2012), due to progressive medical attention, people are now living longer increasing the influx of older people with multiple complex needs. This then means “there is a higher expectation of health care delivery and support”. “Care, compassion and effective communication are essential elements of nursing, which must be demonstrated by all

difficulties and tragedies in life, some more than others. Though when people show compassion, it makes your spirits rise and make your challenges more bearable. In the short story, “Thank you, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, a woman whose purse has been an attempted target by a boy, shows the theme of compassion with an overflowing amount of it. The boy, Roger, learns throughout the story that compassion is very important, and his true personality is revealed by some woman he

and history of traumas would have a supportive relationship with compassion fatigue and emotional self-awareness would have a negative relationship with compassion fatigue. The third hypothesis is looking at feeling drained at work and a person’s own personal history of trauma would positively correlate with compassion fatigue and that if a person had insight into their own emotional state that person would score lower on compassion fatigue. The therapists sense of powerlessness (.32), work drain

overflowing jug of compassion; however, each time they put their own emotions or problems aside to comfort others, they pour a glass out of the jug and give it away. Often, nurses’ jugs run on empty. Metaphorically speaking, this scenario represents compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue plagues all specialties in primary and acute care, and it can lead to serious ailments such as depression, anxiety, burn out, and even self medicating with drugs (Shepard, 2013). Compassion fatigue is a term that