The Investigation Of Compassion Level Of Nursing Students In A Health College (Turkish)

Abstract

Object: The aim of this study is to determine the level of compassion and the factors that affect the level of compassion of nursing students in a health college. Methods: The descriptive study has been conducted in a nursing department of a health college. "Introductory Information Form" by the researchers in accordance with the literature and developed by Pommier (2010) "Compassion Scale" has been used as the data collection tool. Analyzes of the data were conducted by using frequency, Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, Bonferroni Correlation, Spearman correlation tests in a statistical package program. Results: The sample of the research has been consisted of 494 students. It has been determined that 83.6% of the students were female and 26.7% of them were 4th grade students. The mean score of the students' compassion scale was determined as 4.19 ± 0.44. Considering the scores received from the scale; statistically significant difference has been determined in terms of negligence according to the sex, indifference, separation, mindfulness, disengagement subscales and scale overall score. In addition, statistically significant difference has been determined in terms of mindfullness sub-dimension according to the classes. There was a statistically significant difference in the subscale of common humanity according to the income status of the students. Discussion:It has been determined that the levels of compassion of the students differ in terms of gender, class and income status. Considering the highest score that can be received from the scale to be 5 in the direction of the findings obtained from the research, it is seen that the levels of compassion of the students are high. This study may be suggested to be performed in larger sample groups.

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“…The statistical results showed that the level of compassion of females is higher than that of males. While the result of this study showed similarity with those reported in the study carried out by Sacco and Copel, 33 it differed from several other studies 10,37 . It is thought that women's maternal role, emotional structures, cultural teachings and social responsibilities increase their level of compassion.…”

“…While the result of this study showed similarity with those reported in the study carried out by Sacco and Copel, 33 it differed from several other studies. 10,37 It is thought that women's maternal role, emotional structures, cultural It was determined that marital status did not affect levels of compassion. Kiwol et al 35 reported that the level of compassion was high in married nurses, but the difference was not significant.…”

“…Nurses often experience upsetting events in the patients they give care for, such as disability, chronic diseases, and losing somebody they love 1,3,10 . Helplessness against the mentioned feeling of being upset and anxiety may cause nurses to experience burnout 1 …”