Program evaluation of nursing school instruction in measuring students' perceived competence to empathetically communicate with patients

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-154

  McMillan, Libba R ^a   Shannon, David ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathetic communication; Instrument development; Nurse patient communication; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 80052414295     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/1536-5026-32.3.150     Document Type: Article

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