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Simulation to Enhance Empathy of Nursing Students Toward Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder: A Mixed-Methods Study
Jodi Patterson1, Gloria Duke, Eric Stocks
1Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Patterson), School of Nursing Texas Christian University, Fort Worth; and Professor (Dr Duke) and Associate Professor (Dr Hermanns), School of Nursing, and Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling (Dr Stocks), University of Texas at Tyler.
Background:
Empathy can be challenging when caring for individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUDs).
Purpose:
This study examined the effectiveness of simulation for enhancing the empathy of nursing students toward patients with AUD.
Methods:
A mixed-methods study used a pretest-posttest intervention measurement of empathy with the Comprehensive State Empathy Scale (CSES) and focus groups. Quantitative data were analyzed with t tests, whereas thematic analysis evaluated the qualitative data.
Results:
No significant differences were found between pre- and post-CSES scores. The subscales of empathic concern and shared affect were significant: empathic concern, t55 = - 2.16, P = .04, and shared affect, t55 = -2.16, P = .02. Empathic imagination reached significance for students with personal experience with someone with an AUD, t54 = -2.39, P = .02.
Conclusions:
Additional research is warranted regarding the effect of simulation on empathic concern, shared affect, and empathic imagination toward individuals with AUD.
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