Is nurses’ clinical competence associated with their compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary traumatic stress? A cross‐sectional study

Abstract

A significant positive relationship was observed between compassion satisfaction and clinical competence. A significant negative association was found between compassion satisfaction and secondary traumatic stress/burnout and also between secondary traumatic stress and clinical competence. The results of regression analysis indicated that compassion satisfaction was the best predictor of secondary traumatic stress (<i>R</i>² = 65%), burnout (<i>R</i>² = 40%) and clinical competence (<i>R</i>² = 12%). Moreover, secondary traumatic stress was found to be the best predictor of compassion satisfaction (<i>R</i>² = 53%).