compassion fatigue

== English == === Etymology === From compassion +‎ fatigue. === Noun === compassion fatigue (usually uncountable, plural compassion fatigues) The exhaustion of the capacity to react with sympathy to another's misfortune owing to one's overexposure to their previous misfortunes. Coordinate terms: donor fatigue, menu fatigue, redemption fatigue, Black fatigue 2002, J. Eric Gentry, Compassion Fatigue: A Crucible of Transformation, Steven N Gold, Jan Faust, Trauma Practice in the Wake of September 11, 2001, 2013, page 47, A common thread we have found with sufferers of compassion fatigue symptoms has been the progressive loss in their sense of connection and community. 2014, Karen Saucier Lundy, Sharyn Janes, Community Health Nursing, page 1113, In the nursing profession, the following stressors can affect our health: • Personal variables: perfectionism and overinvolvement with patients, compassion fatigues, burnout […] . === References === “compassion fatigue”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.