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Barriers to empathy-based care: oncology nurses' perceptions.

Fariba Taleghani1, Elaheh Ashouri2, Mehrdad Memarzadeh3

  • 1Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan, Iran.

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
|April 25, 2018
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Oncology nurses face significant barriers to providing empathy-based care, including personal distress and systemic issues within healthcare. Addressing these challenges is crucial for fostering a patient-centered care culture.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Oncology
  • Qualitative Research

Background:

  • Empathy is vital in oncology nursing for effective patient care.
  • Nurses often face unique challenges impacting their ability to provide empathetic care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the barriers oncology nurses perceive in delivering empathy-based care.
  • To identify factors hindering compassionate patient interactions in oncology settings.

Main Methods:

  • Descriptive qualitative method utilizing purposive sampling.
  • Data collected through in-depth interviews with 18 oncology nurses.
  • Inductive qualitative content analysis to identify themes.

Main Results:

  • Barriers identified include nursing-related factors (distress, self-criticism), healthcare system issues (job strain, lack of training, poor support), and cancer care challenges (difficulty maintaining empathy).
Keywords:
CancerDescriptive qualitative methodEmpathyNurse-patient relationsOncology nursing

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  • Specific barriers include psychological distress, task-centeredness, and inadequate manager support.
  • Nurse-patient gender imbalance and difficulties with cancer patients were also noted.

    • Conclusions:

    • Understanding these barriers is essential for improving the empathic care culture in oncology.
    • Adopting positive coping strategies for nurse distress and shifting to patient-centered care are recommended.
    • Healthcare systems should prioritize compassion and empathy as core patient care values.