designed by Charles R. Figley, founder of the International Traumatology Institute, measures levels of compassion fatigue, burnout, and satisfaction and can give those who take the test an indication ...

Why sustainable self-care is crucial right now, and a few simple ways you can maintain your long-term emotional wellness.

We're doing it for the animals and the work is never done I know I'm not alone in receiving notes from huge-hearted people who work tirelessly and selflessly on behalf of nonhuman animals (animals).

in Virginia, traveled to northern New Jersey to consult at the Bon Secours hospitals in Hoboken and Jersey City. She wasn’t there to help take care of the hospitals’ patients, but rather their staff ...

In the field of palliative of care, there is ever-increasing interest in the concept of compassion fatigue. Related topics include stress, burnout, self-care, and work-life balance. Little attention ...

Last year, Eric Singhi, MD, a thoracic medical oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, noticed a shift in his team. The small band of four clinicians, once motivated and enthusiastic, were ...

As a manager, do you ever find that your empathy ebbs and flows? Some moments you’re able to support your team through emotionally trying times, while in others, you’re just going through the motions, ...

Dear Carol: My parents and in-laws all lived to be very old, with years of physical and cognitive decline. I willingly cared for them all. While I’m glad I could do that for them, once they’d all ...

In the past two years, as my kids grew, my roles and responsibilities changed at work, and my life continued marching on, I’ve developed a need that I haven’t really had before. I need something that ...

Caregiving is often considered a thankless job. It’s emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausting, with so many caregivers under pressure to balance their own health with that of the people they ...

Does it only affect weak people? Is work always the cause? Burnout myths, busted by the experts ...