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Factors Influencing the Empathy Competence and Moral Sensitivity of Nurses at Tertiary General Hospitals Performing End-of-life Care

상급종합병원 간호사의 공감 역량과 도덕적 민감성이 임종간호 수행에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2024.04.30
  • Accepted : 2024.07.04
  • Published : 2024.08.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The goal of this study aimed to understand the factors influencing the empathy competence and moral sensitivity of nurses working in tertiary general hospitals who offered end-of-life care. Methods: Descriptive data were collected from self-reported questionnaires completed by 164 nurses with direct nursing care experience with end-of-life patients at two tertiary general hospitals located in Busan, Korea. The variables examined were empathy competence, moral sensitivity, and end-of-life care performance. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 27.0 software. Results: Participants scored 3.73±0.40 on empathy competence, 4.97±0.51 on moral sensitivity and 2.91±0.37 on end-of-life care performance. There was a significant positive correlation between empathy competence and end-of-life care performance, and between moral sensitivity and end-of-life care performance. The factors affecting nurses' end-of-life care performance, empathy competence and moral sensitivity, exhibited with an explanatory power of 31%. Conclusion: Programs to increase empathy competence and moral sensitivity should be developed to improve nurses' end-of-life care performance.

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