Wellness Inventory

The two surveys taken for this assignment both hone in on what can lead to a "running out" of compassion as well as burnout in general. Indeed, people's emotional and compassion reservoirs can only hold so much. Further, if those reservoirs are tapped too much for too long, they become exhausted and this leads to emotional exhaustion and burnout. When it comes to the quizzes themselves, the spiritual and emotional maturity quiz was indeed the more fascinating and intricate, at least in the perception of the author of this response. The six principles identified as part of the wider model as well as the level of maturity that can be had for each part of the model are very well-designed and crafted. Indeed, all facets of our maturity are on a sliding scale that ranges from infant to adolescence and it should be the goal of every person, not just nurses, to always keep improving on those metrics of maturity regardless of precisely how they are defined and summarized. As for burnout, it is important to lean on the support of others and allow those others to do the same when it is needed. Nurses and other medical staff cannot be an island unto themselves when it comes to providing care because that is a no-win proposition. Caregivers in particular are susceptible because the people being cared for, quite often, are just passing time until what is afflicting them claims their lives. Other times, a person is relatively healthy but is in a health state that inhibits their ability to live a free and "normal" life and that can be soul-crushing for the person going through it as well as the person who has to witness it unwind over time. The author of this response will fight burnout and compassion fatigue by having a good work/life balance, by helping support others, by supporting others who need help and through consistent and persistent emotional maturation.