Every day veterinarians are exposed to lots of licks, caring clients and various degrees of suffering & distress. I have always believed that we have an emotionally taxing job.
We are exposed to suffering from
- pets
- owners
- people who love their pets so much but have financial constraints
- colleagues
- ourselves
Click here to read an article about compassion fatigue & burnout – Signs to watch out for.
It’s a quick read.
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We will always be too busy to make time for ourselves but as the saying goes
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‘If you don’t make time for health, make time for illness’
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Veterinary Practitioners are at great risk of compassion fatigue and burnout because we continually give, are very busy and deal with emotionally charged cases on a daily basis.
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Their are many websites on compassion fatigue and burnout and as people keep me informed, I will post more.
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www.brainfueldepletion.org – Peter Symons is a Veterinarian with information about the chemical depletion that occurs in our brain from the challenges of our job. He is about to release a book in Feb 2012 and a CD.
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www.compassionfatigue.ca/blog – it has simple to implement strategies for self care.
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Please hit the ‘like’ button, G+ button and tweet to share this post. You may have colleagues that need to be aware that help is available.
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Natasha
