WHAT: Nurses must learn how to provide empathic care, and how to care for themselves in the process. Share this journal club with students and colleagues! You can register as an individual or as a group!
WHEN: Thursday, February 20, 2025, 5:00 PM PST; 6:00 PM MST; 7:00 PM CST; 8:00 PM EST
REQUIRED READING: Taylor, E. J. (2020). How can I be empathic when I’m emotionally exhausted? Journal of Christian Nursing, 39(4), 263. https://doi.org/10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000991
RECOMMENDED READINGS:
Kaiafas, K. N. (2021). Emotional intelligence and role-modeling nursing's soft skills. Journal of Christian Nursing, 38(4), 240-243. https://doi.org/10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000881
DeBrew, J. K. (2023). Fostering nursing students’ growth in patient teaching and empathy toward homeless people. Journal of Christian Nursing, 40(4), E54-E58. https://doi.org/10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001113
Frankel, R. M. (2017). The science of empathy. Journal of Patient Experience, 4(2), 74-77. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2374373517699267
Greater Good Magazine. (2024). Empathy quiz. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/take_quiz/empathy
Hojat, M., Louis, D. Z., Maxwell, K., Markham, F., Wender, R., & Gonnella, J. S. (2010). Patient perceptions of physician empathy, satisfaction with physician, interpersonal trust, and compliance. International Journal of Medical Education, 1, 83–87. https://doi.org/10.5116/ijme.4d00.b701
Moudatsou, M., Stavropoulou, A., Philalithis, A., & Koukouli, S. (2020). The role of empathy in health and social care professionals. Healthcare (Basel), 8(1), 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8010026
Aliabadi, P. K., Zazoly, A. Z., Sohrab, M., Neyestani, F., Nazari, N., Mousavi, S. H., Fallah, A., Youneszadeh, M. Ghasemiyan, M., & Ferdowsi, M. (2021). The role of spiritual intelligence in predicting the empathy levels of nurses with COVID-19 patients. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 35(6), P658-663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2021.10.007
NCF Member attendees will be able to receive 2.0 hours of Nursing Continuing Professional development at the conclusion of the 1.5 hour session. To earn NCPD, you must be an NCF member, participate in the full 90 minutes of discussion. Instructions on how to obtain your NCPD certificate will be provided at the end of the session. Not a member? Join HERE.
This Journal Club will be recorded and available with NCPD for purchase (free for NCF members) here.
Note: Nurses Christian Fellowship is not an NCPD provider. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins provides American Nurses Credentialing Center nationally accredited nursing continuing professional development for JCN and its other nursing journals, good for nursing relicensure in every state.
