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Defining compassionate nursing care

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dc.creator Su, Jing Jing
dc.creator Masika, Golden Mwakibo
dc.creator Paguio, Jenniffer Torralba
dc.creator Redding, Sharon R
dc.date 2020-11-24T14:02:01Z
dc.date 2020-11-24T14:02:01Z
dc.date 2020
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T14:01:39Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T14:01:39Z
dc.identifier Su, J. J., Masika, G. M., Paguio, J. T., & Redding, S. R. (2020). Defining compassionate nursing care. Nursing ethics, 27(2), 480-493.
dc.identifier DOI: 10.1177/0969733019851546
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2583
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2583
dc.description Abstract. Full text article available at https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733019851546
dc.description Background: Compassion has long been advocated as a fundamental element in nursing practice and education. However, defining and translating compassion into caring practice by nursing students who are new to the clinical practice environment as part of their educational journey remain unclear. Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore how Chinese baccalaureate nursing students define and characterize compassionate care as they participate in their clinical practice. Methods: A descriptive qualitative study design was used involving a semi-structured in-depth interview method and qualitative content analysis. Twenty senior year baccalaureate nursing students were interviewed during their clinical practicum experience at four teaching hospitals. Ethical considerations: Permission to conduct the study was received from the Institutional Review Boards and the participating hospitals. Results: Baccalaureate nursing students defined and characterized compassionate care as a union of “empathy” related to a nurse’s desire to “alleviate patients’ suffering,” “address individualized care needs,” “use therapeutic communication,” and “promote mutual benefits with patients.” Students recognized that the “practice environment” was characterized by nurse leaders’ interpersonal relations, role modeling by nurses and workloads which influenced the practice of compassionate care by nursing personnel. Conclusion: Compassionate care is crucial for patients, nurses, and students in their professional development as well as the development of the nursing profession. In order to provide compassionate care, a positive practice environment promoted by hospital administrators is needed. This also includes having an adequate workforce of nurses who can role model compassionate care to students in their preceptor role while meeting the needs of their patients.
dc.language en
dc.publisher SAGE Publications
dc.subject Baccalaureate nursing students
dc.subject Clinical practice
dc.subject Nursing practice
dc.subject Nursing students
dc.subject Compassionate care
dc.subject China
dc.subject Nursing
dc.subject Nursing education
dc.subject Professional nurses
dc.subject Patients
dc.subject Baccalaureate nursing
dc.subject Therapeutic communication
dc.subject Compassionate care
dc.title Defining compassionate nursing care
dc.type Article


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