The effects of Nurses' Empathy Skills on Attitudes towards Patients with Cancer

Alkan, Ali

doi:10.5799/jcei.333383

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“…It is very important for the nurses, providing care to the individuals diagnosed with cancer receive the training during their education, to provide to develop positive attitudes and provide care from this point of view upon their graduation. If the attitude toward cancer is extremely negative, the outcomes of patients may be affected negatively however it is observed that the nursing education is not structured enough in this sense (7,8,18,19).…”

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“…Usta et al stated in their study that nurses were aware of the effect of displaying positive attitudes for cancer patients (18). It was observed in the study conducted by Alkan with nurses that the nurses, who received the training on cancer, provided care to cancer patients, and had a cancer history in their close relatives, had more positive attitudes (19). Edwards et al pointed out that it was very difficult to develop positive attitudes toward cancer in nursing students; however, this may be possible by integrating cancer education into nursing education (20).…”

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Can Oncology Nursing Education Change the Attitude of Nursing Students toward Cancer (Cancer Stigma)? A Quasi-Experimental Study

Karadağ

Uğur²

2023

Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences

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Purpose: This study was conducted to assess the effect of the oncology nursing internship education on the attitudes of students (stigma) toward cancer patients. The study was conducted in a faculty of nursing in İzmir, Turkey. Methods: The quasi-experimental pre-test post-test design was used in this study. The sample of the study was composed of totally 84 students, who attended the course of Oncology Nursing Internship (n:43) and the course of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Nursing Internship (n:41). The Student Information Form and Questionnaire for Measuring Attitudes Toward Cancer - Community Version were used as the data collection tool in the study. The students who were interns in oncology nursing received an education on oncology nursing including 280 hours of practice and 56 hours of theory and the other group had no education on the subject. In order to assess the efficiency of the education of oncology nursing internship on cancer attitude and to compare the groups, The Questionnaire for Measuring Attitudes Toward Cancer - Community Version was applied again to both groups at the end of the semester. Results: As a result of this study, it was found that the course of oncology nursing internship increased the positive attitudes of the students toward cancer patients (t=5.591, p=0.000). Conclusion: The education programs of oncology nursing should be integrated into the nursing curricula to provide that nursing students provide more effective care services for cancer patients and develop more positive attitudes.

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Can Oncology Nursing Education Change the Attitude of Nursing Students toward Cancer (Cancer Stigma)? A Quasi-Experimental Study

Karadağ

Uğur²

2023

Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences

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“…Therefore, considering that establishing professional relationships is a necessary principle for providing nursing care and as one of the most important causes of anxiety in the nursing profession is lack of a good working relationship with their colleagues, determining the barriers to establish effective relationships between the nurses could help develop more effective interventions and programs for resolving the barriers and facilitating the communications. Further, by executing communicational skills development programs, the level of communicational skills would be improved in the nurses (48)(49)(50)(51).…”

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Explaining of Nurses’ Perception of Professional Relationship in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU)

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Considering that patients in the special units have critical conditions and require the best possible specialized care, having appropriate professional relationship in these units is of great importance. Taking care of patients under critical conditions requires occupational safety and sense of satisfaction in the nurses. Indeed, nursing managers should provide an appropriate organizational environment with emphasis on establishing an effective relationship. Aim and objective: Explaining nurses' perception of professional relationship in the coronary care unit. Materials and methods: The present study was a qualitative study conducted through conventional content analysis method. The participants were 37 nurses working in the coronary care unit who were selected purposively. Data were gathered through 25 in-depth interviews and 3 focus groups Results: After analyzing the data, the main theme of "ineffective relationship between the senior managers, head nurses, and the personnel of the coronary care unit" and two subthemes of "ineffective relationship between the head nurse and the personnel and "ineffective organizational environment" were extracted. Conclusions: The results of the present study provided an image of real experiences of participating nurses about the relationships that exist between different levels of nursing profession. so, by establishing a professional relationship in the coronary care unit, specialized cares would be performed. The main theme obtained in the study, "ineffective relationship between the managers, head nurses, and personnel of the coronary care unit" suggested different aspects of the outcomes of ineffective relationship between nurses, head nurses, and nursing managers. Therefore, it is necessary that professional relationships be improved at different levels of nursing and emphasized seriously.

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“…A dissertation that was a quantitative study by Burns [17] was reviewed as this initial research has been used as a tool to measure knowledge and attitudes toward cancer. Two tools by Burns [17] and Haley [18] were used in subsequent studies [3,[17][18][19][20][21][22].…”

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“…Cancer affects a patient's daily life and can affect the ability to cope with the effects of illness and treatment side effects [2]. Studies have been conducted to understand the perspectives of health care professionals regarding the needs of patients with cancer or their attitudes that can be used to improve patient care and quality of life [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Nurses play a vital role in providing quality care to patients with cancer.…”

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Nursing Student Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Patients With Cancer After Education and Mentoring: Integrative Review

Hedenstrom¹,

Sneha²,

Nalla³

et al. 2021

JMIR Cancer

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Background Knowledge about nursing student attitudes toward patients with cancer after an educational intervention and mentoring support is limited. This review examined the literature on this topic. Objective This integrative review aims to explore the literature on the experiences of students who participate in an oncology elective or educational course on cancer and their attitudes toward cancer. Methods A comprehensive search was conducted using PubMed, CINAHL, and MEDLINE databases. Each study was systematically assessed. An evidence table was completed to identify the key aspects of each study that was reviewed. Results There is insufficient information on the impact of nursing student education on the attitudes and skills of nursing students caring for patients with cancer. An integrative review was completed on the impact of education and mentoring for nursing students on cancer care, which yielded 10 studies that were reviewed. These studies indicate that educational intervention and mentoring improve the confidence and ability of nursing students to care for patients with cancer. Conclusions Student nurses need to be armed with knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes while caring for patients with cancer. Nursing students perform best when they have accurate information, positive role models, and mentoring by experienced oncology professionals, to support proficiency in caring for patients with cancer. The lack of knowledge of nursing students in the areas of cancer care, treatment, and patient support requires additional education and research to promote expertise and positive attitudes toward cancer and treating patients with cancer. This will support nursing students’ ability to care for patients with cancer as well as develop future educational interventions to shape nursing student attitude and knowledge. This integrative review also identifies the positive impact on the attitudes of other health care professionals who have received training or education on cancer.

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The effects of Nurses' Empathy Skills on Attitudes towards Patients with Cancer

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Can Oncology Nursing Education Change the Attitude of Nursing Students toward Cancer (Cancer Stigma)? A Quasi-Experimental Study

Can Oncology Nursing Education Change the Attitude of Nursing Students toward Cancer (Cancer Stigma)? A Quasi-Experimental Study

Explaining of Nurses’ Perception of Professional Relationship in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU)

Nursing Student Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Patients With Cancer After Education and Mentoring: Integrative Review

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