Compassion fatigue resiliency training: the experience of facilitators.

This qualitative evaluation examined compassion fatigue facilitators' perceptions of the effects of a compassion fatigue resiliency training program in an urban medical center in the midwestern United States. Nine months after completing a compassion fatigue resiliency facilitator training program, 15 participants wrote short narratives describing how the program affected them. Participants described how the training program benefited them both personally and professionally.

An instructional DVD fall-prevention program for patients with cancer and family caregivers.

Purpose/objectives: Determine the efficacy of a fall-prevention skills training program for patients with cancer and family caregivers.

Design: Randomized, controlled trial with repeated measures and postintervention measure of fall occurrence.

Setting: A comprehensive cancer center in the midwestern United States.