Compassion fatigue
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Compassion fatigue

Nicola Lester Community mental health nurse

Nicola Lester asks whether clinical supervision should be compulsory to prevent nurses from becoming burned out

A COLLEAGUE once told me that when her clients are in the therapy room, they are the most important people in the world, but when they leave the room, they may as well no longer exist.

Mental Health Practice. 14, 2, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/mhp.14.2.11.s14

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