Acceptability and efficacy of a communication skills training for nursing students: Building empathy and discussing complex situations

Cannity, Kerry; Banerjee, Smita C.; Hichenberg, Shira; Leon-Nastasi, Angelina; Howell, Frances; Coyle, Nessa; Zaider, Talia; Parker, Patricia A.

doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102928

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“…Therefore, achieving high levels of self-efficacy in communication could help to improve the communication skills of nursing students in the future. In this line, a study conducted with nursing students in the United States showed a significant improvement in self-reported confidence and in the usage of communication skills after a simulation-based program with SPs [ 56 ].…”

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Efficacy of a Standardised Patient Simulation Programme for Chronicity and End-of-Life Care Training in Undergraduate Nursing Students

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Cabañero‐Martínez

Fernández‐Alcántara

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Background: Standardised patient simulations seem to be useful for improving the communication skills of health sciences students. However, it is important to define the effectiveness of these types of interventions in complex scenarios linked to disease chronicity and end-of-life contexts. Methods: A quasi-experimental study with pre- and post-intervention measures was carried out in a single group. A total of 161 nursing students completed different assessment instruments to measure their attitudes towards communication (Attitude Toward Communication Scale), self-efficacy (Self-Efficacy of Communication Skills, SE-12), and communication skills (Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale, EHC-PS) before and after simulation training with standardised patients. The objective of the program was to train students in non-technical skills for complex situations involving chronicity and end-of-life care. It comprised eight sessions lasting 2.5 h each. Results: The results showed notable baseline gender differences in attitudes towards communication and in the informative communication dimension, with women obtaining higher scores. The participants’ self-efficacy and communication skills significantly improved after completing the intervention, with no significant differences being found for the attitudes towards communication variable. Conclusion: The standardised patient simulation programme for complex scenarios related to chronicity and end-of-life contexts improved communication self-efficacy and communication skills in these nursing students. In future work it will be important to analyse the influence of gender and attitudes towards communication as variables in the learning of communication skills in nursing students.

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Efficacy of a Standardised Patient Simulation Programme for Chronicity and End-of-Life Care Training in Undergraduate Nursing Students

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Cabañero‐Martínez

Fernández‐Alcántara

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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“…Although debates on whether humane values such as compassion and empathy can be taught to individuals who want to be in the nursing profession or whether they are congenital continue, there is evidence that empathy can be taught in studies conducted to measure the effectiveness of education in empathic skills among nurses and nursing students (Bas‐Sarmiento et al, 2019; Cannity et al, 2021; Ding et al, 2020; Gholamzadeh et al, 2018; Kataoka et al, 2019; Li et al, 2019; Richardson et al, 2015; Yang et al, 2020). Kataoka et al (2019) reported that students’ empathic skill levels significantly increased after they had participated in a communication skills training program.…”

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Compassionate communication levels of nursing students: Predictive role of empathic skills and nursing communication course

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Kaçan

2021

Perspect Psychiatric Care

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Purpose This study aims to determine the compassionate communication levels of nursing students and the predictive roles of empathic skills and nursing communication courses. Design and Methods This descriptive study was conducted with 430 nursing students and data were analyzed using a descriptive information form, Compassionate Communication Scale (CCS), and Empathic Skill Scale (ESS). Findings A positive relationship was found between the students’ ESS and CCS scores (r = .23 p = 0.001). Empathic skills (β = 0.43, p = 0.001), predicted compassionate communication (β = 0.23, p = 0.001), compassionate conversation (β = 0.43, p = 0.001), and compassionate touch (β = 0.18, p = 0.001). Practice Implications Skills of compassion and empathy positively affect each other; therefore, it is important to adopt strategies that strengthen the empathic skills of nursing students during academic education and to include empathy and compassion in the curriculum.

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“…Communication skills can be acquired and improved through training ( Cannity et al, 2020 ). Indeed, the European Higher Education Area ( European Commission, 2005 ) is currently focusing its education on learning competencies which involve studying and integrating conceptual, attitudinal, and procedural dimensions into teaching ( Tejada-Fernández & Ruiz-Bueno, 2016 ).…”

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Psychometric properties of the Attitudes towards Medical Communication Scale in nursing students

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Juliá‐Sanchis

García-Sanjuán

et al. 2021

PeerJ

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Background Adequate communication skills in healthcare professionals are one of the key elements required for achieving high-quality healthcare. Thus, measurement instruments able to assess the dimensions related to these skills, including attitudes towards communication, are useful and convenient tools. Objectives To (a) cross-culturally adapt and validate a scale to measure attitudes towards communication in a sample of nursing students in the Spanish environment; (b) describe the perceived attitudes of nursing degree students towards communication. Methods We conducted an instrumental study. First, we adapted the scale by applying a standardised linguistic validation procedure. After that, we determined its structural equivalence and evaluated its psychometric properties. Participants A total of 255 students participated; their average age was 22.66 years (SD = 4.75) and 82% were female. Results The internal consistency of the scale was adequate (0.75), and the data fit well with the model (CFI = 0.99; TLI = 0.99; RMSEA = .01 95% CI [.00–.05]). The overall instrument score poorly correlated with the self-efficacy in communication skills variable. Conclusions The attitudes towards communication scores for these nursing students were high. The Spanish version of the Attitudes Towards Health Communication scale had adequate psychometric properties and this tool could quickly and easily be applied to assess the attitudes of health profession students.

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Acceptability and efficacy of a communication skills training for nursing students: Building empathy and discussing complex situations

Cited by 41 publications

References 45 publications

Efficacy of a Standardised Patient Simulation Programme for Chronicity and End-of-Life Care Training in Undergraduate Nursing Students

Efficacy of a Standardised Patient Simulation Programme for Chronicity and End-of-Life Care Training in Undergraduate Nursing Students

Compassionate communication levels of nursing students: Predictive role of empathic skills and nursing communication course

Psychometric properties of the Attitudes towards Medical Communication Scale in nursing students

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