Purpose The purpose of this study was twofold:(a) to determine the prevalence of
compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout in emergency department nurses …

Public safety personnel (PSP) and frontline healthcare professionals (FHP) are frequently
exposed to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTEs), and report increased rates …

Violence Against Nurses and its Page 1 59 NURSING ECONOMIC$/March-April 2011/Vol.
29/No. 2 WORKPLACE VIOLENCE IS A major public health con - cern that has receiv ed …

Aims To identify, from the perspectives of nurses, occupational stressors and ways in which
they may be reduced. Background Nurses commonly experience high levels of occupational …

BACKGROUND: Emergency Nurses are routinely confronted with work related traumatic
events and hectic work conditions. Several studies report a high prevalence of post …

Distress and symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) were investigated among
targets of experienced bullying at work, that is, the exposure to persistent or recurrent …

The effects of stressful incidents on emergency department (ED) staff can be profound.
Witnessing aggression, violence or the death of patients, or participating in resuscitation …

The present article describes the prevalence and predictors of adverse mental health
reactions in first responders, a population exposed to stress (rather than a population who …

Emergency personnel and rescue workers may be at a risk of posttraumatic stress symptoms
(PTSS) due to exposure to trauma and work-related stressors. Though rescuers of different …

Emergency department nurses are required to deal with emotional trauma issues on a daily
basis, which may result in them experiencing symptoms of secondary traumatic stress, a …