Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Nursing

Enhancing Professional Quality of Life 2nd Edition

Vidette Todaro-Franceschi, RN, PhD, FT

Springer, Pub. Date: 03/28/19

As with the first edition, 25 % of all royalties from this book go to Nurses House to support nurses in need.

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“Dr. Todaro-Franceschi calls us to look with open eyes, open hearts, and open minds at the good, the bad, the ugly, and the ugliest in health care so that together we can cultivate a healthcare world in which compassion prevails and our shared humanity is embraced… It is up to all of us to hold and safeguard each other in this sacred work. Dr. Todaro-Franceschi helps us in this mission through this extraordinary book.”

Mary Koloroutis, RN, MSN CEO Creative Health Care Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Co-Creator of the Relationship-Based Care Model

In this second edition of the seminal text, new insights are offered on professional quality of life, incorporating current practice, research literature, and examples to show how contentment and happiness of the nursing workforce is related to quality of care. The book provides practical strategies for dealing with a myriad of issues, including compassion fatigue, burnout, moral distress, caring for the dying, PTSD, and workplace violence. This resource will help empower nurses to be happier at work, and to create a more compassionate work environment.

New to the Second Edition:

• Expanded emphasis on how workforce well-being contributes to care quality
• Updated resources and information on national nursing initiatives related to professional quality of life
• New chapter on workplace violence (incivility, bullying and mobbing)
• New chapter on education related to improving PQOL and work environment
• Provides a Nurse Leaders Resource Toolkit to guide staff education

Key Features:

• Articulates an ethic of care developed from a transdisciplinary perspective
• Increases nurse awareness of issues that might be hindering their PQOL
• Provides strategies for enhancing staff contentment and productivity, thereby promoting a healthy work environment
• Includes real-life examples from critical care, end-of-life care, hospice, oncology, and more
• Assists nurses with grief healing

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Critical Acclaim for 1st Edition:

This is an important book not only for nurses but also for all professional health-care providers who will find in it helpful perspectives and tools for sustaining themselves in the demanding work of patient care.” – P. Helms,  OMEGA, Journal of Death and Dying, 2015.

“This is an extraordinary book designed to inspire the reader to “reconnect with the meaning and purpose of our life’s work [nursing]… with renewed… spirit and resolve… to help others” (p. xvii)… It has been a genuine pleasure to read and review this book. – C. Aquino-Russell, Nursing Science Quarterly, 2015.

“This book is an excellent resource that nurses can refer to as they address the inevitable varied challenges they will face in their professional career.” – L. Wilden Miles, The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2014.

Listed on the Ultimate Reading List for Nurses published Feb 2014 on: LPNtoBSNonline:  http://lpntobsnonline.org/ultimate-nurse-reading-list/

“This book addresses the issue that all nurses eventually face at one time or another in their career, a loss of passion. The author takes readers on a journey to recapture their passion….Every nurse should read this book.” –V. Hedderick, Doody’s Review Service

“Overall, this is an exceptional book and worth the investment for both the novice nurse who wants to proactively recognize compassion fatigue and for the experienced nurse who is struggling with professional quality of life.” –D. Crawford, Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 2013

“Todaro-Franceschi has done a great service not only for nurses, but for all professional health care providers who will find this book helpful in sustaining compassion satisfaction while avoiding fatigue and, hopefully, preventing burnout.”– Meltzer, The Forum, 2013

“An excellent resource for all levels of nurses…Highly recommended.”–D. B. Hamilton, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2013

“Putting the passion back in compassion.  The book is a powerful expression of the needs of all nurses, whatever their practice setting, with an easily applied method of reaching out to our co-workers and other healthcare professionals to improve our own lives, and, ultimately, the welfare of our patients.”–P. Higgins, ANA-Maine Journal, The Newsletter of the American Nurses,  Association–Maine, 2013

“Todaro-Franceschi offers nurses a handbook for holding on to the criticality of compassion and caring in nursing.” –G. Snyder, Advance for Nurses, 2013

“This book is a good resource for nurses interested in helping themselves or others maintain a connection with the purpose of their work.”–M. P. Aust, Critical Care Nurse, 2013