Assisting Nursing Students to Develop Empathy Using a Writing Assignment

Descenso de empatía en estudiantes de enfermería y análisis de posibles factores implicados

“…Although critical thinking skills are taught and communication skills are an important aspect of the nursing process, the development of empathy for patients with life-threatening diseases can be difficult. Helping students to develop empathy can be a difficult task for nursing teachers (LaRocco, 2010).…”

“…Studies cited from the 1960s until the end of the twentieth century in the United Kingdom and the United States consistently found low levels of empathy in nurses from various specialties and in nursing students (LaRocco, 2010). Nurses' age, years of experience and level of education were significantly correlated with some of the empathic skills (Reid-Ponte, 1992).…”

“…Estudios citados desde la década de 1960 hasta el final del siglo veinte en el Reino Unido y en los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica encuentran de forma consistente niveles bajos de empatía tanto en enfermeras de varias especialidades como en estudiantes de enfermería (LaRocco, 2010). La edad de las enfermeras, los años de experiencia y el nivel de educación fueron correlacionados significativamente con algunas de las habilidades empáticas (Reid-Ponte, 1992).…”

Qualität und Qualitätsmessung in der Pflege aus ethischer Perspektive

“…entwertend umgesetzt und nicht bewusst in alltägliche Handlungsroutinen integriert wird (Godin et al 2008 (Brunero et al 2010;Foster et al 2015;Larocco 2010;Walker und Mann 2016). Für die beruflich Pflegenden sind komplexe Beurteilungen eher der Ausnahmefall, z.…”

Using Poetry Writing and Sharing to Promote Student Empathy and Caring

“…15 Courses in the liberal arts can promote empathy and caring as part of nursing education. Methods include writing reflections about perceived patient experiences 16 ; using the arts and humanities to promote caring 17 ; interpreting poetry 18 ; incorporating drawing, song composition, and poetry into problem-based learning 19 ; using imagery, film clips, and stories about personal, patient, or family experiences of positive or negative empathetic nursing behaviors 20 ; and reading assignments, followed by written narratives on suffering. 21 In Watson's Theory of Human Caring, Caritas 7 promotes interpersonal teaching-learning through the use of "learning experiences that attend to unity of being and meaning, attempting to stay within another's frame of reference."…”