Social support, empathy and compassion fatigue among clinical nurses: structural equation modeling

Abstract Background Clinical nurses are at high risk for compassion fatigue. Empathy is a prerequisite for compassion fatigue, and social support is an important variable in the process of reducing individual stress. However, the role of social support in the relationship between empathy and compass...

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Main Authors: Jie Zhang, Xiao Wang, Ouying Chen, Juan Li, Yifei Li, Yiping Chen, Yaoyue Luo, Jingping Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:BMC Nursing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01565-6