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Nursing Education 2018
Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825
Page 70
April 23-25, 2018
Rome, Italy
27
th
Edition of World Congress on
Nursing Education &
Research
Introduction:
Healthcare providers’ empathetic attitude towards
patient care significantly plays a role in the success of patient-
centered outcome. However, across the empathy literature, there
have been numerous studies which indicate that there had been a
significant change in the level of empathy amongnursing students
in line with the length of their clinical exposure. Considering these
studies, little is known on the factors affecting empathy. Hence,
this study has purported to explore the factors influencing nursing
students’ level of empathy.
Methods:
Adescriptive-correlational researchdesignwasutilized.
This study employed factor analysis to explore the factors which
influence student nurses’ level of empathy. Data was analyzed
through SPSS Version 21. Inclusion criteria include regular
nursing students with at least 18 years of age and above, on their
15th week of RLE and are currently enrolled in the academic year
2017-2018. A total of 255 nursing students were purposively
selected from a tertiary institution in Manila.
Results:
Nine factor dimensions identified namely: engaging,
efficiency, emic, estranging, encumbering, enduing, emotive,
embracing, and enervating factors. Out of the nine variables that
were identified, only four have been identified to have a direct
effect on empathy which are: engaging, efficiency, estranging and
encumbering factors. Moreover, engaging and efficiency factors
positively affect empathy while estranging and encumbering
factors negatively affect empathy. Notably, engaging factors had
the most impact among the student nurses’ level of empathy.
Conclusions:
Several factors affecting the nursing students’
empathy are combination of personal, patient and environmental.
Since it was revealed that some factors can cause decrease in
empathy among the nursing students, selection of educators who
will serve as positive role models should be considered. Likewise,
empathy trainings may be conducted such as self-awareness and
reflective listening among the nursing students before they face
their patients.
dmariannecarol07@gmail.comAn exploratory study of factors influencing student nurse’s
empathy
Katrin Faye R Domingo, Marianne Carol B Dulay, Joseph Emmanuel A Domingo,
Hanna Oprah F Domondon, Leanne G Dumangon, Roscelin Aryan D Duran
and
Glenda Lee Sevilla
University of Santo Tomas - College of Nursing, Philippines
J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C1-003