To investigate the workplace violence and empathy fatigue of nurses in tumor hospitals, and analyze the factors that affect the empathy fatigue of nurses in tumor hospitals, so as to provide references for nurses to prevent job burnout and quit their jobs.

Using the method of convenient sampling, 865 nursing staff in Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Harbin Medical University were selected as the research subjects. The general data questionnaire, the workplace violence measurement frequency scale and the empathy fatigue scale were used to investigate.

Tumor hospital nurses workplace violence zero frequency in 261 cases, accounted for 30.17%, the frequency of 336 cases, accounted for 38.84%, 245 cases of intermediate frequency accounted for 28.32%, high frequency of 23 cases accounted for 2.66%; the feeling of fatigue and mild in 171 cases, accounted for 19.77%, 339 cases of moderate and severe in 355 cases, accounted for 39.19%, and 41.04%respectively; negative correlation workplace violence and empathy fatigue compassion satisfaction score (r=-0.164, P<0.01) , and occupation burnout, secondary traumatic stress scores were positively correlated (r= 0.149, 0.196, P<0.01); nurse education and workplace violence is compassion satisfaction of the main influence factors (t = 8.284,-4.664, P<0.01) ; workplace violence, working age and age is the main influencing factors of occupation burnout (t = 8.905, 4.114, 2.986, P<0.01) ; workplace violence (department of radiology), and education is the main influence factors of secondary traumatic stress(t = 8.242,-5.822,-3.644, P<0.01).

The incidence of workplace violence is high among nurses in tumor hospitals. The empathy fatigue of nurses in the tumor hospitals is more serious. It is necessary for nursing managers to give comprehensive intervention strategies, reduce the incidence of workplace violence and improve the empathy fatigue of nurses.

[Keywords]Nurses; Workplace violence; Compassion fatigue; Cancer hospital