An exploratory study of student nurses’ empathy

dc.contributor.author	Ουζούνη, Χριστίνα	el
dc.contributor.author	Νακάκης, Κωνσταντίνος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-17T23:18:58Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-17T23:18:58Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1370
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Empathy
dc.subject	Nursing students
dc.subject	Compassion
dc.subject	Nursing services--Personnel management
dc.subject	Ενσυναίσθηση
dc.subject	Φοιτητές νοσηλευτικής
dc.subject	Συμπόνια
dc.subject	Νοσηλευτικό προσωπικό
dc.subject	Ενσυναίσθηση μεταξύ επαγγλεματιών υγείας
dc.subject	Nurses
dc.subject	Jefferson Scale of empathy
dc.title	An exploratory study of student nurses’ empathy	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Medicine--Nursing
heal.classification	Νοσηλευτική
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Medicine--Nursing
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Νοσηλευτική
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85042827
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heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2012-09
heal.bibliographicCitation	Ouzouni, C., Nakakis, K.. (2012). An exploratory study of student nurses’ empathy. "Health Science Journal". 6 (3), 534-52.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Though several studies have identified nurses’ empathy levels there are few studies investigating student nurses’ empathic ability. The aim of the study was to explore nursing students’ level of empathy as well as related variables influencing empathic ability. Method and material: A cross-sectional study carried out in a nursing school of a Technological Educational Institute in Greece. A sample of 279 (N=279) nursing students agreed to participate in the study, giving a response rate of 77.5%. Students completed the Jefferson Scale of Nursing Students Empathy, a valid and reliable self-report scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the data analysis. Results: Overall nursing students displayed a moderate level of empathy (M=88.63; SD=8.93). Females were found to be significantly more empathetic than males (p< 0.001). The 6th semester students displaying more empathetic ability and the 1st semester students the least. Students who had made their own choice to study nursing and those who expressed a willingness to work as nurses after their graduation recorded higher levels of empathy as did those who acknowledged they had received emotional care from their families. Students who reported the ability to sense how another person is feeling in a given situation or had received training to sense another person’s feelings or worked with clinical instructors who presented emotional understanding in their approach to patients, demonstrated higher levels of empathy. In addition, religious beliefs and nationally were also significant variables. Conclusions: Empathy is an important multi-dimensional trait of nurses which could be fostered in the early stages of nursing students’ undergraduate studies. A thorough investigation of the contributing factors to forming an empathic ability is essential in order to inform the restructuring of the nursing curricula.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2012-07