The Relationship between Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue with Shift Nurses’ Patient Safety-Related Activities

Background: we examined the relationships of compassion satisfaction and fatigue among shift nurses on nurs-ing engagement activities related to patient safety with the aim of improving shift nurses’ physical and psycho-logical aspects in order to use the findings as a basis to enhance nurses’ engagement in activities related to patient safety.methods: the data collection period for this cross-sectional study was from nov 21, 2019, to jan 3, 2020. a convenience sample of 280 shift nurses who were working for more than six months at three tertiary hospitals in korea was used. collected data comprised general and job-related characteristics of subjects, compassion satis-faction, compassion fatigue, and patient safety nursing activities. spss was used for statistical analysis, and mul-tiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between shift nurses' compassion satisfaction, com-passion fatigue, and patient safety nursing activitiesresults: compassion satisfaction had the greatest impact on engagement in nursing activities related to patient safety (β= .32, p<.001), followed by compassion fatigue. higher compassion satisfaction and lower compassion fatigue indicates a higher engagement in patient safety-related nursing activities (β= -.15, p<.008).conclusion: in order to maximize compassion satisfaction and reduce compassion fatigue among shift nurses, it is important for health policymakers to improve their welfare system and create a supportive environment where negative emotions can be expressed freely and accepted positively.