Engaging Faith for Spiritual Fitness: Helping New Nurses Avoid Burnout.

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Steven Busby, PhD, FNP-BC, is an assistant professor of nursing at Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked in healthcare for 34 years as a paramedic, RN, and family nurse practitioner (FNP). He has been an FNP for more than 20 years and has 14 years of higher education teaching experience.

Published: February 2020

The experience of going from a student nurse to a working registered nurse can be quite an adjustment. Once the newness of the first job wears off, graduate nurses may be prone to unexpected burnout and compassion fatigue. The purpose of this article is to help student nurses recognize ways to engage their faith to lay the foundation for spiritual fitness and to plan for the spiritual care they will need to have a long, impactful, and satisfying career.

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