Purpose Exposure to end-of-life and chronic illness on a daily basis may put palliative
healthcare professionals' well-being at risk. Resilience may represent a protective factor …

Nursing requires empathic engagement, within therapeutic relationships, to ensure the
delivery of compassionate care. Empathic engagement with people who have experienced …

Introduction Medical personnel is an occupational group that is especially prone to
secondary traumatic stress. The factors conditioning its occurrence include organizational …

Health professionals are constantly exposed to the traumatic experiences suffered by
patients, which makes them vulnerable to developing secondary traumatic stress (STS) …

Insufficient and inconsistent research exists regarding the relationship between secondary
traumatic stress (STS) and vicarious posttraumatic growth (VPTG). Some authors suggest …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? Nurses often encounter traumatic
events in their clinical practice. Trauma can have both negative effects, such as post …

Background: People helping trauma victims as a part of their work may experience positive
results, known as Secondary Posttraumatic Growth (SPTG). Aim: The present study aimed to …

Background Nurses in inpatient palliative care are frequently exposed to death and dying in
addition to common stressors found in other nursing practice. Resilience may mitigate …

Empathy and resilience have an indirect effect on raising the level of the quality of care, as
empathy is the basis for good interactions between medical workers and patients, and …

Background: Individuals, who help trauma victims as part of their professional
responsibilities, may experience positive effects of their work, occurring in the form of …