Conveying compassion through attention to the essential ordinary

Perry, Beth

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“…The patient is aware of and is engaged by the virtues of the nurses caring for them specifically beneficence, love and kindness (Kret, ; Sinclair et al, ; Sinclair, McClement, et al, ). Motivation for the expression of compassion stemmed from a desire to act when a patient was observed to be suffering (Perry, ), to take care of the patient because they were in need (van der Cingel, ) and by the nurse doing the best they can to care (Horsburgh & Ross, ). Patients and nurses agreed that a trigger or motivation for compassion was suffering (van der Cingel, ).…”

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Embodying compassion: A systematic review of the views of nurses and patients

Durkin

Usher

Jackson

2019

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives To provide a review of empirical research investigating how compassion is expressed by nurses and received by patients in hospital settings. Background Compassion is viewed as an important and fundamental part of a health professional practice. Universally, reports from both media and government agencies have addressed perceived deficits of compassion in healthcare with nurses accused of a lack of compassion. Research into compassion to date has largely focused on the problematic nature of compassion such as burnout, fatigue and other negative personal and work‐related outcomes. Design A systematic literature review of empirical research guided by a meta‐ethnographic approach supported the systematic comparison and translation of the included studies. Six online databases were searched from January 2006–December 2016. Methods This review was carried out according to the PRISMA‐P reporting guidelines. How compassion in healthcare was defined was extracted alongside findings on how compassion was expressed by nurses and received by patients. Synthesis of the research was completed resulting in new interpretations. Results Eleven papers met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Multiple differing definitions of compassion in healthcare were applied. Nurses embody and enact compassion through behaviours such as spending time with patients and communicating effectively with patients. Patients experience compassion through a sense of togetherness with nurses. Conclusion Existing research demonstrated dissonance between the expression of compassion by nurses and how compassion is experienced by patients. The themes identified in this review should be considered by health professionals providing patient care. Relevance to clinical practice Health providers should acknowledge and account for the time that nurses need with patients to demonstrate compassion in practice. Nursing education relating to the expression of compassion should articulate both the subjectivity and ambiguity of the term and examine the relationship between compassion and suffering.

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Embodying compassion: A systematic review of the views of nurses and patients

Durkin

Usher

Jackson

2019

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…Similarly, Horsburgh and Ross () concluded from a Scottish study of newly qualified staff nurses’ perceptions of compassionate care that ‘supportive environments facilitate provision of compassionate care although individuals remain accountable for their own practice’ (p. 1124). Perry () in a phenomenological study of Canadian nurses experience focused on how nurses express compassion through meeting the ‘essential ordinary needs of the people for whom they were caring’ (p. 21) but added that workplaces should be designed to foster such behaviour.…”

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Compassion: a critical review of peer‐reviewed nursing literature

McCaffrey

McConnell

2015

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…In the context of nursing, compassionate care is thought to be exhibited through personal attributes such as kindness, empathy and effective communication and interpersonal skills which support the development of relationships to know the person, understand their individual needs and establish a partnership approach (Bramley & Matita, 2014;Dewar & Mackay, 2010;Durkin, Gurbett, & Carson, 2018;Lown, Rosen, & Marttila, 2011;Van der Cingel, 2011). Personal attributes and interpersonal skills are considered essential to compassion, supporting nurses to see beyond the individual as a passive recipient (Cornwell & Goodrich, 2009) and recognise their unique individuality by attending to "little things" of significance (Perry, 2009). To achieve this, nurses may be required to go beyond the realms of standard nursing care practice (Aagrad, Papadopolous, & Biles, 2018).…”

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A constructivist grounded theory study to explore compassion through the perceptions of individuals who have experienced nursing care

Straughair

Clarke

Machin

2019

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim To explore compassion from the perceptions of individuals with personal experience of nursing care. Background Although compassion is considered integral to professional nursing, increasing reports of care experiences illustrating a lack of compassion have challenged this. Despite political and professional guidance to reaffirm compassion as an underpinning philosophy of contemporary nursing practice, this provides limited insight into what compassion may involve. Contemporary evidence to inform understanding of compassion predominately arises from the professional perspective. This knowledge gap supported the rationale to explore compassion from the individual perspective. Design Constructivist grounded theory, underpinned by the theoretical perspectives of symbolic interactionism and social constructionism. Methods Data were collected via 11 individual interviews, a focus group discussion and three additional individual interviews during 2013–2015. Initial and focused coding, constant comparative analysis, conceptual mapping, theoretical memos and diagrams supported data analysis until theoretical sufficiency was determined. Findings Inter‐related data categories emerged: Self‐Propensity for Compassion, Attributes for Compassion, Socialising for Compassion, Conditions for Compassion; and Humanising for Compassion (core category). Conclusion Compassion is a complex phenomenon, constructed by individuals through their personal experiences of nursing care and life experiences in the social world. In this study, participants perceived that compassion was fundamentally embodied by experiences of a humanising approach to nursing care. These humanising experiences were thought to be influenced by biological, psychological and socio‐contextual factors. The study provides additional insight into compassion that requires further investigation with individuals in other care contexts, nurses and healthcare professionals.

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Conveying compassion through attention to the essential ordinary

Cited by 47 publications

References 8 publications

Embodying compassion: A systematic review of the views of nurses and patients

Embodying compassion: A systematic review of the views of nurses and patients

Compassion: a critical review of peer‐reviewed nursing literature

A constructivist grounded theory study to explore compassion through the perceptions of individuals who have experienced nursing care

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