| Research to investigate personality as a predictor of compassion fatigue was completed for direct patient care workers in a long-term care environment. A total of 234 participants were surveyed for personality type and level of compassion fatigue. The hypothesis of various combinations of personality types being the key indicator for whether participants would be more likely to experience compassion fatigue was denied. The conclusion of the study yielded tenure was a greater indication of various personality types emerging from people in long-term care settings rather than levels of compassion fatigue emerging in these same individuals. Such results imply personalities of people may change over time the longer the individual is exposed to a work environment. Implications for organizations are to monitor employee personalities so negative traits within each type of personality based on the Big Five Personality profile, that are negatively impacting patients and family members are addressed before there is an issue within the facility.;Keywords: compassion fatigue, personality, long term care environment, nursing, direct patient care, Big Five Personality, RN, LVN, CNA, CMA. |
