A nurse has been providing care for a palliative patient and his family for several weeks and the nurse is beginning to experience the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue (CF). What factor contributes most significantly to this phenomenon?
A) Becoming too apathetic to care about a patient
B) Caring too much for an individual patient
C) Having to provide care for many patients
D) Caring more about what the patient thinks rather than what is best for him or her
B
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