The Emotional Cost of Caring for Others: One Pediatric Hospital's Journey to Reduce Compassion Fatigue.

Objective: This study examined the prevalence of compassion fatigue and life stress of pediatric nurses.

Background: Distressing patient situations over time may affect nurses' professional quality of life and result in compassion fatigue. If not addressed, compassion fatigue may have personal and organizational consequences.

Improving knowledge, technical skills, and confidence among pediatric health care providers in the management of chronic tracheostomy using a simulation model.

Objective: The results from a recent national survey about catastrophic complications following tracheostomy revealed that the majority of events involved a loss of airway. Most of the events due to airway loss involved potentially correctable deficits in caregiver education. Training in a simulated environment allows skill acquisition without compromising patient safety.