Correlation Study between Empathy and Humanistic Caring Ability of Nursing Undergraduate Students
Abstract：Objective:To understand the status of undergraduate nursing students' empathy ability,and to analyze correlation between empathy and humanistic caring ability.Methods:245 second grade undergraduate nursing students in a university of Hengyang were investigated by the general information questionnaires,humanistic caring ability of empathy questionnaires.Results:The nursing students empathy score was(111.98 ± 13.31),and humanistic care ability score was(167.00 ± 16.71).The sociological factors affected nursing students'empathy ability included nursing professional liking degree,nursing students to participate in social activities in the school situation,the type of family education,whether the one-child family education.Nursing students' empathy ablitiy score and humanistic care ability score were correlated(P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion:Undergraduate nursing students had positive correlation between empathy and caring ability,so nursing educators can combinate the common part of humanistic care and empathy ability with teaching,achieve the mutual improvement of empathy ability and humanistic caring ability.
Keywords：Nursing studentsUndergraduateEmpathyHumanistic care
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 3-4 )