Department of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg.
Curationis. 2023 Jun 23;46(1):e1-e6. doi: 10.4102/curationis.v46i1.2364.
The attribute of empathy leads to more desired patient outcomes. A patient who experiences empathy from student nurses will feel important and cared for. It is vital to know how student nurses perceive themselves in terms of empathy in caring. Thus, self-reflection is a requirement on the part of student nurses in a caring relationship.
This study aimed to determine student nurses' self-perceptions of empathy in caring and compare the third- and fourth-year student nurses' self-perceptions of empathy in caring.
A quantitative, descriptive and comparative approach was employed in the study. The population was undergraduate student nurses in their third- and fourth-year level of study (n = 77), while 56 respondents participated in the study. Ethical approval was obtained prior to commencing with the study. Data were collected by way of the Consultation and Relational Empathy measure questionnaire that consisted of 10 items responded to by using the 5-point Likert scale. Data were analysed by means of descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and t-tests.
All the student nurses perceived themselves to have empathy in caring. There was no significant difference in perceptions of empathy in caring by the nurses in their third- and fourth-year level of study.
The results of the study provide insights for nursing education and training to shape and mould the empathy perceived by the student nurses. Future research could focus on the patients' perspective coupled with the student nurses' perspective to prevent bias.Contribution: This paper contributes by adding self perceptions of empathy by student nurses to support best practice in nursing.
同理心的特质会带来更理想的患者结果。学生护士给予患者同理心，患者会感到自己很重要，得到了关心。了解学生护士在关怀方面如何看待自己的同理心至关重要。因此，自我反思是学生护士在关怀关系中必须具备的。
本研究旨在确定学生护士在关怀中的自我同理心感知，并比较三年级和四年级学生护士在关怀中的自我同理心感知。
本研究采用定量、描述性和比较方法。研究对象为三年级和四年级的本科护生（n=77），其中有 56 名护生参与了研究。在开始研究之前，已获得伦理批准。通过使用 5 点李克特量表回答的 10 项咨询和关系同理心测量问卷收集数据。使用描述性统计、推断统计和 t 检验进行数据分析。
所有护生都认为自己在关怀中具有同理心。三年级和四年级护生在关怀中的同理心感知没有显著差异。
研究结果为护理教育和培训提供了见解，以塑造和培养学生护士的同理心。未来的研究可以关注患者的观点以及学生护士的观点，以防止偏见。贡献：本文通过增加学生护士的同理心自我感知，为支持最佳护理实践做出了贡献。
