University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Nurs Ethics. 2019 Nov-Dec;26(7-8):2298-2305. doi: 10.1177/0969733018780532. Epub 2018 Jul 15.
To analyze the empathic profile and the empathy scores of freshmen of the nursing course.
Descriptive study involving 399 freshmen students of two modalities of nursing courses: Bachelor and Bachelor and Teaching Diploma, in the period from 2012 to 2015. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Empathy Inventory were applied.
The research received approval from the Research Ethics Committee of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. The students registered their acceptance to participate in the research by signing the Free and Informed Consent Form and anonymity was guaranteed.
The mean age of the participants was 19 years, being 85.5% female. The students were grouped by course modality and all groups presented high empathy scores. A significant difference (p < 0.001) was found, which indicates that students of the Bachelor and Teaching Diploma program presented a higher degree of empathy for the General Score, Domain 2 (Interpersonal Flexibility), and Domain 3 (Altruism) in relation to students in the Bachelor program.
Results show that nursing undergraduate freshmen are emphatic, with minimum differences between the two courses. This profile is relevant for the development of future professionals capable to demonstrate a balance between instrumental and expressive competences.
分析护理专业新生的同理心特征和同理心得分。
描述性研究，涉及 2012 年至 2015 年间两个护理课程模式（学士和学士及教学文凭）的 399 名新生：学士和学士及教学文凭。采用了社会人口学问卷和同理心量表。
该研究得到了圣保罗大学里贝朗普雷托护理学院研究伦理委员会的批准。学生通过签署知情同意书来表示接受参与研究，保证了匿名性。
参与者的平均年龄为 19 岁，其中 85.5%为女性。学生按课程模式分组，所有组的同理心得分都很高。研究发现存在显著差异（p<0.001），这表明与学士课程的学生相比，学士和教学文凭课程的学生在总体得分、第 2 领域（人际灵活性）和第 3 领域（利他主义）方面表现出更高的同理心程度。
研究结果表明，护理专业的本科新生具有同理心，这两个课程之间的差异最小。这种特点对于培养未来能够在工具性和表达性能力之间取得平衡的专业人员具有重要意义。
