Nurs 6052: Assignment: Evidence-Based Project

This study source was downloaded by 100000859819779 from CourseHero.com on 02-16-2023 02:45:06 GMT -06:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/108272405/evidence-based-projectdocx/ EVIDENCE-BASED PROJECT 1Evidence-Based ProjectStudent's NameInstitutional AffiliationDue DateThis study source was downloaded by 100000859819779 from CourseHero.com on 02-16-2023 02:45:06 GMT -06:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/108272405/evidence-based-projectdocx/EVIDENCE-BASED PROJECT 2Evidence-Based ProjectRecent research indicates an exponential rise in mental health deterioration amonghealth care professionals, a phenomenon that is directly linked with their line of work.Nurses, especially pediatric nurses and those who work in emergency units, have beendisproportionately affected by compassion fatigue (CF) due to exposure to traumatizedpatients they care for. These traumatic experiences correspond to those experienced by thepatients and have significantly affected the quality of care and physically and psychologicallyimpacted the nurses, some with mortal outcomes. In ER nurses, the number of such cases hasbeen alarmingly high, yet little awareness has been created (Ratrout & Hamdan-Mansour,2020) . A similar clinical cost has been reported among pediatric nurses who experience PTSDsymptoms as a result of caring for critically ill infants and women during traumatic births.Beck (2020) performed a qualitative secondary analysis to measure different categories ofPTSD among pediatric and maternal-newborn nurses and found that PTSD was highlyprevalent. In yet another study, significant levels of secondary trauma across the frontline,midlevel, and director-level nurses were reported, which