Compassion Fatigue in Cancer Care

What is compassion fatigue? How does it differ from burnout? What behaviors do healthcare professionals with compassion fatigue exhibit? What can you do to stay engaged in your work? In this episode, Marybeth Medicke, MSN, RN, a registered nurse and faculty member at the El Paso Community College discusses the challenges of caring for a patient with cancer and shares her journey of leaving, and eventually returning to, the field of oncology.