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Jakob Håkansson Eklund1, Inger K Holmström1,2, Anna Ollén Lindqvist1
1School of Health, Care and Social Welfare Mälardalen University Västerås Sweden.
Nursing Open
|August 2, 2019
Summary
Nursing students" empathy increases with education level. Sixth-semester students showed higher empathy than second-semester and master's students, with public-health nursing students scoring highest.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Healthcare Professional Development
- Patient-Centered Care
Background:
- Empathy is vital for effective nurse-patient relationships.
- The developmental trajectory of empathy in nursing students is not well-understood.
- Understanding empathy development can inform curriculum design.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare empathy levels across different stages of undergraduate nursing education.
- To assess empathy variations among students in various master's nursing programs.
Main Methods:
- A comparative cross-sectional study design was employed.
- 329 nursing students (undergraduate and master's) in Sweden participated.
- The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy was used to measure self-rated empathy.
Main Results:
- Sixth-semester undergraduate nursing students demonstrated higher empathy than second-semester students.
- Master's nursing students generally showed lower empathy compared to sixth-semester undergraduates.
- Within master's programs, public-health nursing students reported the highest empathy, while intensive-care nursing students reported the lowest.
Conclusions:
- Empathy levels appear to increase during undergraduate nursing education.
- Specialization in nursing may influence empathy levels.
- Further research is needed to explore factors influencing empathy in different nursing specializations.
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