Assignment: Compassion Fatigue HLT 302
Combating Compassion Fatigue
Investigate compassion fatigue, caregiver burnout, and related issues using the Internet and/or the GCU eLibrary. Examine your sources to ensure they are academically sound and relevant to your research. Compile ideas and resources to share with people who are experiencing burnout while caring for patients.
Create a training manual to help people overcome compassion fatigue. Determine whether your target audience consists of a group of professional health care workers or individuals caring for loved ones who require ongoing medical care. Make your training guide available as a pamphlet, a PowerPoint presentation with lecture notes, or another visual aid with notes.
1. Describe the nature of the problem and its underlying causes.
2. Describe the caregiver’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
3. Finally, provide examples of coping strategies and resources for caregiver assistance and hope.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should follow APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the Student Success Center’s APA Style Guide.
This assignment is graded using a rubric. Because instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment, students should review
it before beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion.
You should proofread your paper. However, do not rely solely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part, and your grade will suffer as a result. Papers with a high number of misspelled words and grammatical errors will be penalized. Before submitting your paper, go over it in silence and then aloud, and make any necessary changes. It is often beneficial to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Uncorrected mistakes are preferable to handwritten corrections.
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