Mental Health Nurses' Spiritual Well-Being, Personal Trauma History, Compassion Fatigue, and Compassion Satisfaction.

More than a quarter of mental health nurses reported high compassion fatigue risk.

• 25.3% of participants reported high compassion fatigue risk
• 76% expressed high to moderate potential for compassion satisfaction
• Sample consisted of 91 mental health nurses in Greece selected by convenience sampling
• Measured using the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL-V)

Secondary traumatic stress correlated positively with traumatic life events and negatively with the spirituality dimension of meaning.

• The correlation between STS and traumatic life events was positive, as expected
• STS was negatively correlated with the spirituality dimension of meaning
• Traumatic life events were measured using the Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ)
• Spirituality was measured using the FACIT-Spiritual Well-Being Scale-12 non-illness scale

Spiritual well-being, good physical health, high levels of cooperation, respect for teamwork, and positive work climate were positively related to higher levels of compassion satisfaction.

• Multiple factors including spiritual well-being and work environment characteristics were associated with compassion satisfaction
• Compassion satisfaction was assessed using the ProQOL-V scale
• The study used a cross-sectional survey design with 91 participants
• Both individual-level factors (spiritual well-being, physical health) and organizational-level factors (teamwork, work climate) were identified as relevant

Personal trauma history was prevalent among the nursing staff sample.

• The findings highlight 'significant prevalence of compassion fatigue and personal trauma history among nursing staff'
• Personal trauma may be activated during exposure to beneficiaries' trauma in mental health nursing
• Trauma history was assessed using the Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ)
• The study identified a need for 'targeted interventions to improve the mental health of front-line health care nurses'

Spirituality constitutes a central element of mental health nurses' resilience in the context of compassion fatigue.

• Spiritual well-being was measured using the FACIT-Spiritual Well-Being Scale-12 non-illness scale
• The spirituality dimension of meaning was specifically identified as negatively correlated with secondary traumatic stress
• The study examined the impact of spirituality alongside sociodemographic, work-related, and trauma history characteristics
• Mental health care organizations were identified as needing to prioritize 'spiritual and psychological well-being' of staff