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The relationship between nurses' empathic tendencies, empathic skills, and individualized care perceptions
Nur Guven Ozdemir1, Merdiye Sendir2
1Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
|February 20, 2020
Summary
Nurses' high empathic tendencies correlate with individualized care perceptions. However, empathic skills did not show a similar relationship in this study of Turkish nurses.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Healthcare Research
- Empathy Studies
Background:
- Individualized care is crucial for patient outcomes.
- Empathy is a core nursing competency.
- Understanding the link between empathy and individualized care is essential for nursing practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between nurses' empathic tendencies and skills.
- To examine the connection between these empathic attributes and individualized care perceptions.
Main Methods:
- Descriptive and correlational research design.
- Data collected from 472 volunteer, randomly selected nurses in Turkish hospitals.
- Utilized quantitative methods to analyze relationships.
Main Results:
- A significant high-level correlation was found between nurses' empathic tendencies and their perceptions of individualized care.
- No significant relationship was identified between nurses' empathic skills and individualized care perceptions.
Conclusions:
- Nurses' empathic tendencies are strongly linked to providing individualized care.
- Empathic skills may not directly translate to individualized care perceptions.
- Findings suggest focusing on fostering empathic tendencies in nursing education and practice.
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