Effect of nurses'empathy ability on their job-esteem
WANG Fang
ZHANG Jielan
LIANG Yi
YAN Zhongting
SANG Yuhuan
YUAN Yuan
SHE Chenghong
DAI Fengling
Abstract：Objective To explore the influence of empathy ability on nurses'job-esteem,in order to improve nurses'job-esteem by improving their empathy ability.Methods A total of 408 nurses were surveyed by convenience sampling method and investigated with the general information questionnaire,Job-Esteem Scale for Nurses in Hospital and the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional.Results The total scores of job-esteem and nurses'empathy ability were(110.06±12.96)and(116.75±16.52)respectively,which were at a medium to high level.The total score of job-esteem was positively correlated with the total score of empathy ability(P＜0.01).The perspec-tive taking dimension and the transpositional consideration dimension of empathy ability were positively correlated with nurses'job-esteem(P＜0.01).The marital status and empathy ability were the influencing factors of nurses'job-esteem(P＜0.01).Conclusion The job-es-teem and empathy ability of nurses are a medium to high level,and there is still room for improvement.It is suggested that nursing managers should build a learning and communication platform,carry out various forms of training courses to improve nurses'empathy ability and ulti-mately enhance job-esteem.In addition,we should focus on improving the job-esteem of unmarried nurses,and provide organizational support and guidance if necessary.
Keywords：nursejob-esteemempathyhumanitynursing
Publication Date：2023-09-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 722-726 )