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.

Relationship between Compassion and Spiritual Care among Nurses in Turkey

“…The nurses in this study had a high compassion level. In the literature, some studies have reported similar results to the present study (Arlı et al 2018;Çingöl et al 2018;İşgör 2017;Meyer et al 2015;Büyük et al 2021;Karadağ et al 2018). In the study by Arkan (2020), nurses had a medium compassion level (Arkan et al 2020).…”

“…Additionally, compassion enables nurses to establish therapeutic communication with patients and facilitates their ability to understand patients, recognize their emotions and needs and meet their spiritual needs (Uslu et al 2016). Studies indicated that nurses have high compassion levels (Arlı et al 2018;Büyük et al 2021;Çingöl et al 2018;İşgör 2017;Meyer et al 2015;Karadağ et al 2018). Compassionate care practices, which may be a quality indicator, increase patient satisfaction levels and comfort of care and make patients feel better (Çınar et al 2018).…”

Developing compassion and emotional intelligence in nursing students: A quasi‐experimental study

“…A nine-question personal information form prepared by the researchers using the literature [1][2][3]26…”

Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Merhamet Düzeyi ve Empatik Eğilim İlişkisi

“…Öğrencilerin %63,1'inin bölümü isteyerek seçtiği, %68,8'inin bölümden memnun olduğu, %60,4'ünün hemşirelik hizmeti almadığı belirlenmiştir (Tablo 1). Öğrencilerin %84,9'u hastanede diğer insanlardan duygu bulaşı yaşadığını, %60,3'ü hastanın çektiği acıdan orta çalışmalar mevcuttur (18,22). Empatik eğilimin cinsiyet değişkeninden etkilenmemesine karşın kadın öğrencilerde empatik eğilim düzeyinin daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir.…”

“…Öğrencilerin sosyodemografik değişkenlere göre merhamet ölçeği puanlarına bakıldığında; merhamet ölçeği toplam puanı ile cinsiyet değişkeni arasındaki fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmamıştır (p>0,05) (Tablo 4). Literatürde merhametin cinsiyet değişkeninden etkilendiğini bildiren çalışmalar mevcuttur (18,22). Empatik eğilimin cinsiyet değişkeninden etkilenmemesine karşın kadın öğrencilerde empatik eğilim düzeyinin daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir.…”