Improving Retention Among Certified Nursing Assistants Through Compassion Fatigue Awareness and Self-Care Skills Education.

Retention of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) is an ongoing challenge for nursing homes. To combat the effects of providing complex care needs to residents, this quality improvement project explored a 90-minute evidence-based education program on compassion fatigue awareness and multiple self-care skill strategies for CNA retention. A single-group pre- and posttest design, mixed-methods approach.