Empathy and burnout: An analytic cross-sectional study among nurses and nursing students

Acta Biomedica

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-115

  Ferri, Paola ^a   Guerra, Eleonora ^a   Marcheselli, Luigi ^a   Cunico, Laura ^b   di Lorenzo, Rosaria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c AUSL Modena   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic cross sectional study; Burnout; Empathy; Nurses; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BALANCED EMOTIONAL EMPATHY SCALE; BODY MASS; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; NURSE; NURSING CAREER; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942246105     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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