Empathy of clinical nurses and its influencing factors
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2013.25.005
- VernacularTitle:临床护士共情水平及其影响因素的调查
- Author:
Yang YANG
;
Weili WANG
;
Qing PAN
;
Jingfang HONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Clinical nurse;
Empathy;
Impact factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2013;29(25):16-18
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the empathy of clinical nurses and analyze the influencing fac-tors.Methods Totally 465 clinical nurses were investigated with demographic data and interpersonal Reactivity Index-C (IRI-C).Results Mean score of the empathy of clinical nurses was (53.77±8.99)points with a medium level.Age,working years,whether or not to engage in management work were the main predictors of empathy.There were no significant differences in nurses with different genders,marital status,professional titles,education degree,hospital grades.Conclusions The length of the working years is one of the important factors of nursing unit.Common clinical nurses should be involved in the nursing manage-ment.Clinical nurses should pay attention to the study and discussion about empathy knowledge in order to improve their level of empathy.
