The impact of an empathy education programme on empathy, communication skills and emotional competency in nursing students: A quasi-experimental study

IF 3.3 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Nurse Education in Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-09 DOI:10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104364

Eun Jeong Ko , Eun Ji Seo , Youngjin Lee , Jiyeon Ha , Suno Kim , Jin-Hee Park

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Abstract

Aims

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of an empathy education programme on the empathy, communication skills and emotional competency of fourth-year undergraduate nursing students in Korea.

Background

Empathy is crucial for building rapport with patients and supporting person-centred care. There is a need to integrate a sustainable empathy education programme into the nursing curriculum.

Design

This quasi-experimental study assigned 50 fourth-year nursing students from two universities in Korea to experimental and control groups.

Methods

The experimental group was exposed to an 8-week empathy programme, with 90-minute weekly sessions. The program included self-understanding, understanding others and therapeutic communication skills. Data were collected via questionnaires on empathy, communication skills and emotional competency at baseline, post-test and follow-up.

Results

The experimental group showed significant improvements in empathy, communication skills and emotional competency, with a sustained impact at the four-week follow-up.

Conclusion

The empathy education programme effectively enhanced empathy, communication and emotional competency in nursing students, serving as a valuable educational tool at the undergraduate level.

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同理心教育计划对护理专业学生的同理心、沟通技巧和情绪能力的影响：准实验研究

目的本研究旨在评估移情教育课程对韩国护理专业四年级本科生的移情能力、沟通技巧和情感能力的影响。背景移情对于与患者建立融洽关系和支持以人为本的护理至关重要。这项准实验研究将来自韩国两所大学的 50 名四年级护理专业学生分为实验组和对照组。方法实验组接受为期 8 周的移情课程，每周 90 分钟。课程内容包括自我理解、理解他人和治疗沟通技巧。结果实验组在移情能力、沟通技巧和情绪能力方面均有显著提高，并且在四周的随访中效果持续。

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来源期刊

Nurse Education in Practice NURSING-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

9.40%

发文量

180

审稿时长

51 days

期刊介绍： Nurse Education in Practice enables lecturers and practitioners to both share and disseminate evidence that demonstrates the actual practice of education as it is experienced in the realities of their respective work environments. It is supportive of new authors and will be at the forefront in publishing individual and collaborative papers that demonstrate the link between education and practice.