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  • Healthcare Communication
  • Qualitative Research

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  • Empathy is crucial for patient-centered care and nurse-patient interactions in intensive care units (ICUs).
  • Previous research has primarily focused on empathy as an intrapersonal process, with less attention to its interpersonal dynamics.
  • Understanding the culture of empathic care among intensive care nurses requires exploring both intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explain the culture of empathic care among intensive care nurses.
  • To focus on the intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences of empathy within the ICU setting.
  • To develop a cultural model of empathy in intensive care nursing.

Main Methods:

  • A focused ethnographic study conducted in a cardiac surgical intensive care unit.
  • Purposive sampling of nurses, patients, companions, and other stakeholders.
  • Data collection through observation, interviews, and literature review, analyzed using MAXQDA and the Roper and Shapira framework.

Main Results:

  • The cultural model "empathy, an interactive and reciprocal process" was identified.
  • Key findings included the "intrapersonal consequences of empathy in nurses" and "interpersonal consequences of empathy."
  • Empathy was found to be a dynamic, evolving process.

Conclusions:

  • Empathy is a vital, two-way process involving both patients and caregivers.
  • The study highlights the importance of considering both perspectives in understanding empathy.
  • Empathy's growth over time contributes to patient/caregiver satisfaction and enhanced clinical outcomes, offering a framework for healthcare management.