Developing Empathy in Nurses: An Inservice Training Program

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 249-257

  Ançel, Gülsüm ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EMPATHY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHODRAMA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPATHY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHODRAMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TEACHING;

EID: 37849188329     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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