Increasing Nurses?? Person-Centeredness

Wallston, Kenneth A.; Cohen, Barry D.; Wallston, Barbara Strudler; Smith, Roberta A.

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“…1998; Cinar and Cevahir 2007) considered the whole undergraduate training course as the intervention. Within the postgraduate education programmes, most programmes ranged from 6 to 105 hours in length, with one education programme consisting of a short reading task (Wallston et al. 1978).…”

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“…Two of the studies (Evans et al 1998;Cinar and Cevahir 2007) considered the whole undergraduate training course as the intervention. Within the postgraduate education programmes, most programmes ranged from 6 to 105 hours in length, with one education programme consisting of a short reading task (Wallston et al 1978). Statistically significant results were evident from the shorter duration studies 11 hours (LaMonica et al 1976), with the longest programme of 105 hours showing only trend improvement (Razavi et al 2002).…”

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A review of empathy education in nursing

2010

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The ability for nurse educators to improve the empathy skill set of nurses has been the subject of several studies with varied outcomes. The aim of this paper is to review the evidence for empathy education programmes in nursing and make recommendations for future nurse education. A review of CINAHL, Medline, Psych Info and Google Scholar was undertaken using the keywords empathy, person centredness, patient centredness, client centredness, education and nursing. The studies included were required to have measured the effectiveness of empathy training in postgraduate and or undergraduate nurses. The included studies incorporated both qualitative and quantitative methods and were published in peer-reviewed journals. Studies were ranked for level of evidence according to The Joanna Briggs Institute criteria. Seventeen studies from the literature review were found that met the inclusion criteria. Of the 17 studies, 11 reported statistically significant improvements in empathy scores versus six studies that did not. Several variables may affect empathy education that need to be accounted in future studies such as; gender, cultural values and clinical speciality experience. Models of education that show most promise are those that use experiential styles of learning. The studies reviewed demonstrated that it is possible to increase nurses' empathic ability.

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A review of empathy education in nursing

2010

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“…Other researchers who attempted to use this rating instrument found it unsatisfactory (Wallston et al 1978). The social interaction inventory (Methuen & Shiotfeldt 1962) was delineated from the responses of 116 nursing students to descriptions of stressful hospital nursing situations.…”

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“…In 1972, Peitchinis' review of pertinent literature noted that the therapeutic effectiveness of nurses may be lacking. The study by Wallston et al (1978) found a need for improvement in the person-centredness of nurses.…”

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An analysis of senior nursing students’ immediate responses to distressed patients

Haggerty

1987

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether the effectiveness of senior nursing students' immediate responses to patients is influenced by type of distress presented by patients or by type of student degree programme. Forty-four ADN and 31 BSN seniors from four schools agreed to participate. Subjects viewed two videotaped simulations of 'patients' complaining of pain and two of 'patients' manifesting emotional distress. Content validity of simulations was established through nurse experts. After each tape, subjects answered four research questions based on Orlando's nursing process concept. The fourth question asked what subjects would say initially to 'the patient'. The data revealed eight response categories which were scored according to their congruence with Orlando's concepts. Independent categorization of responses yielded a 0.92 inter-related reliability; t-tests indicated that type of distress was related to response effectiveness (P less than 0.01) but type of degree was not (P greater than 0.01). The presumed emphasis on communication and psychosocial foundations in BSN curricula may not translate into more effective exploratory skills in these students. These skills are a key component of the complex assessment skills which enable nurses to 'diagnose human responses' to health problems. Orlando's model is recommended for teaching BSN students to conceptualize the interactional process and its goals.

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“…In addition to studying the effect of information on attitudes towards patients, we also examined its effects on student nurses' communication with patients. A particularly relevant aspect of nurse communicative behavior is person-centeredness (Matthews, 1962;Wallston, Cohen, Wallston, Smith, & DeVellis, 1978). Matthews defined a person-centered response as one which encourages patients to disclose what they are experiencing, and the meanings these experiences have for them.…”

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Effects of Information on Patient Stereotyping

Adams

DeVellis

1984

Research in Nursing & Health

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The influence of information on nurse attitudes and behavior toward a member of a stereotyped group was investigated. Responsibility for the decision to be childless and the intelligence of the person making that decision were manipulated. Student nurses individually interacted with a hypothetical, childless, female patient, presented via audiotape, who was about to undergo surgery for sterilization. The patient was described (a) as seeking sterilization either voluntarily or because of medical necessity, and (b) as either retarded or not classified intellectually. It was hypothesized that the patient who freely chose childlessness would be viewed and treated less positively when thought to be of normal intelligence. When the patient was mildly retarded or seeking sterilization out of medical necessity, however, more positive attitudes and behavior were expected. Both of these hypotheses were supported. The results of this study support the importance of contextual variables on perceptions of patients.

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Increasing Nurses?? Person-Centeredness

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A review of empathy education in nursing

A review of empathy education in nursing

An analysis of senior nursing students’ immediate responses to distressed patients

Effects of Information on Patient Stereotyping

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