Feeling at hospitals: Perspective-taking, empathy and personal distress among professional nurses and nursing students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 334-338

  López Pérez, Belén ^a   Ambrona, Tamara ^a   Gregory, Jennifer ^b   Stocks, Eric ^b   Oceja, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress; Empathy; Nursing; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEXAS;

EID: 84876811701     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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