Sarah Elizabeth Field-Richards, Aimee Aubeeluck, Patrick Callaghan, Philip Keeley, Sarah Anne Redsell, Helen Spiby, Gemma Stacey, Joanne S Lymn
BACKGROUND: Compassion is critical to the provision of high-quality healthcare and is foregrounded internationally as an issue of contemporary concern. Paid care experience prior to nurse training has been suggested as a potential means of improving compassion, which has been characterised by the values and behaviours of care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment. There is however a dearth of evidence to support the effectiveness of prior care experience as a means of improving compassion in nursing...
February 24, 2024: International Journal of Nursing Studies