Compassionate Care: Benefits, Barriers and Recommendations

Relationship Between Nurses’ Compassion Level and Emotional Intelligence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of City Hospitals

“…High EI was also associated with empathy, which refers to understanding the emotions of others. A high level of empathy can also be associated with an individual's level of compassion (Beauvais et al, 2017; Pehlivan & Güner, 2018, 2020; Şirin & Yurttaş, 2015). Similar to the findings of the present study, Beauvais et al found a significant and positive relationship between total EI and compassion satisfaction (Beauvais et al, 2017).…”

“…Due to the increased number of cases throughout the pandemic, the care needs, and especially the intensive care needs, of high-risk groups have emerged, and the importance of high-quality care has been emphasized (Çevirme & Kurt, 2020). One basic element of patient-centered nursing care is the concept of compassion (Pehlivan & Güner, 2020). Compassion refers to an individual's motivation to alleviate the suffering of others and is very important to the nursing profession (Pehlivan & Güner, 2018).…”

“…Compassion refers to an individual's motivation to alleviate the suffering of others and is very important to the nursing profession (Pehlivan & Güner, 2018). Compassion in nursing allows patients to evaluate their situation with an empathetic approach and empowers patients with appropriate nursing care (Pehlivan & Güner, 2018, 2020). COVID-19's deadliness and the isolation required to prevent the spread of the disease have revealed that compassionate care is vital.…”

“Compassion is the mainstay of nursing care”: A qualitative study on the perception of care and compassion in senior nursing students

“…According to Watson, care is the basis of nursing and unifying focus point of nursing practice (Watson, 2012). The concept of compassion is an important value, making the provision of nursing care easier (Babaei & Taleghani, 2019; Pehlivan & Güner, 2020). When providing care, compassion affects the establishment of communication and care behavior, and thus the quality of care (Bloomfield & Pegram, 2015).…”

“…Compassion is an important element of care, and is a concept which must be developed and maintained in students during nursing education (Frampton et al, 2013; Pehlivan & Güner, 2020). It is seen that even if the meaning of the concept of compassion is frequently taken into account between patients and nurses (Bramley & Matiti, 2014), definitions of compassion in relation to nursing students are limited in the literature (Jack & Tetley, 2016; McSherry et al, 2016; Sinclair, McClement, et al, 2016; Sundus et al, 2020).…”