Table 1.

Concept Definitions.

Compassion fatigue	“the overall experience of emotional and physical fatigue that social service professionals experience due to the chronic use of empathy when treating patients who are suffering” (Newell & MacNeil, 2010, p. 61)
Second victimhood	“individuals working within an environment who are offering/providing care and are personally or professionally traumatized by exposure to a complex acute or chronic clinical case/event” ( S. Scott, 2022 )
Burnout	“a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed and characterized by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance from one’s job or feelings of negativism/cynicism related to one’s job, and reduced professional efficacy” (WHO, 2019, para. 4)
Moral Injury	“[moral injury] refers to a type of moral suffering characterized by exposure to circumstances that violate one’s moral values and beliefs in ways that erode integrity, moral capability, perception of basic goodness, and create distress on a psychological, behavioral, social, or spiritual level” (Rushton et al., 2022, p. 713)