Investigation on the current status of nursing students′ empathy ability in adult education and its influencing factors
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2016.35.032
- VernacularTitle:成人教育护生共情能力现状调查及影响因素分析
- Author:
Ping WANG
1
;
Wenzhen YAN
;
Xiufeng HUANG
;
Fang WANG
;
Liping WANG
;
Lize YU
Author Information
1. 523808 东莞，广东医科大学护理学院护理学基础教研室
- Keywords:
Education,continuing;
Students,nursing;
Adult education;
Empathy ability;
Questionnaires
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2016;22(35):5147-5149,5150
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the current status of nursing students′ empathy ability in adult education, and analyze its influencing factors, so as to provide references for the reform of further nursing education. Methods Totally 718 nursing students from two campuses of Guangdong Medical University were selected by convenience cluster sampling method, and were investigated in May 2014 by general situation questionnaire and clinical nurses empathy ability assessment scale. The general information of nursing students in adult education were analyzed by univariate analysis. Results The results of investigation showed that: the average total score of empathy ability among nursing students in adult education was (107.68±13.71), the score among adult nursing students of college was (106.31±12.95), and the score among undergraduate nursing students was (108.69±14. 18) (t=-2.22,P<0.05). There were significant differences in the scores of empathy ability among nursing students with different age, working years, marital status, professional titles and jobs (P<0.05). Conclusions The scores of empathy ability score among undergraduates nursing students is slightly higher than that among nursing students of college. Age, working years, marital status, professional title and job are important influencing factors of empathy ability. We should strengthen the cultivation of humanistic care in nursing continuing education, to raise the adult nursing students′empathy ability.
