Review of the Literature Articles

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Adriaenssens, J., De Gucht, V., Van Der Doef, M., & Maes, S. (2011, June). Exploring the burden of emergency care: predictors of stress-health outcomes in emergency nurses. [Journal]. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67(6), 1317-1328. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05599.x.
In the report report Adriaenssens, De Gucht, Van Der Doef and Maes, bring out the comparison of the general nurses to emergency nurses with reference to characteristics of the organizations and the jobs. The report further gives an insight into the way these characteristics affect the turnover, fatigue, psychosomatic distress and job satisfaction among the emergency nurses. In the method, the research considered a population of 254 nurses from 15 Belgian hospitals emergency departments, between 2007 and 2008. In the results of the study, most of the emergency nurses were seen to have less decision authority, more pressure, less rewards and more physical demands that the general nurses. The research concluded that emergency departments should regularly be screened for the job and organization characteristics that can lead to stress health outcomes. This study closely relates to the wellbeing of the nurses relative to the burnouts, fatigue and their level of productivity that is subject to the working environment and conditions.
Coetzee, S. K., & Klopper, H. C. (2010, June). Compassion fatigue within nursing practice: A concept analysis. [Journal]. Nursing & Health Sciences, 12(2), 235-243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2018.2010.00526.x
In their research paper, Coetzee and Klopper, try to bring out the concept of compassion fatigue within the nursing practice. In the past the term has been used as a synonym for secondary traumatic stress disorder and this is far from the actual meaning. In the method, the authors used concept analysis to come to the conclusion of the research. According to the results, there were several categories of compassion fatigue among them; risk factors, causes, the process and then the manifestation of the fatigue; with each category having its own specific characteristics. According to the findings, compassion fatigue starts from a state compassion discomfort and develops on to compassion stress and finally comes up as compassion fatigue from continued stress. This has the ability to alter permanently the ability of the nurse to be compassionate and thus the research recommends in-service training on the red flags, employee assistance programs as well as education. The research is limited due to use dictionary definitions. It contributes immensely towards understanding on nurses’ fatigue.
Fernandez-Parsons, R., Rodriguez, L., & Goyal, D. (2013, November). Research: Moral Distress in Emergency Nurses [Journal]. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 39(6), 547-552. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2012.12.009
In their paper Fernandez-Parsons, Rodriguez and Goyal, discuss how moral distress leads to the nurses’ burnout, attrition, compassion fatigues and eventually start avoiding patients. In the quantitative methodology used in the research, the authors applied cross sectional and descriptive designs to come to their conclusion. The authors asses...