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Empathy: the importance of recognizing two types.

M R Alligood1

  • 1College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-4110.

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
|March 1, 1992
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Understanding empathy in nursing is crucial for quality care but remains unclear. Distinguishing between basic empathy and trained empathy may resolve methodological issues in nursing studies.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Psychology
  • Healthcare

Background:

  • Empathy is consistently discussed in nursing literature as vital for quality care.
  • The precise role of empathy in the nurse-patient relationship and its theoretical underpinnings remain elusive.
  • Previous studies on empathy in nursing suffer from a lack of theoretical and methodological clarity, leading to inconsistent findings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the ambiguity surrounding empathy in nursing.
  • To propose a framework for understanding empathy in the context of the nurse-patient relationship.
  • To offer a potential solution to methodological challenges in empathy research within nursing.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of empathy in nursing literature.
  • Distinction between two types of empathy: basic and trained.

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  • Proposal of a theoretical framework to guide future research.

    • Main Results:

    • Identified empathy as a complex phenomenon in nursing care.
    • Proposed the differentiation of empathy into two distinct categories: basic empathy and trained empathy.
    • Suggested that this distinction can clarify methodological issues in nursing empathy studies.

    Conclusions:

    • Recognizing basic empathy as a developmental trait and trained empathy as a clinical skill state offers a path forward.
    • This conceptual clarification is essential for advancing the study of empathy in nursing.
    • A clearer understanding of empathy will enhance the quality of nurse-patient interactions and overall nursing care.