Empathy: The Gift of Connecting

Thursday, October 17, 2024, 90 minutes

5:00 Pacific; 6:00 Mountain; 7:00 Central; 8:00 Eastern

Empathy is one key to a caring and trusting relationship between nurse and patient. This Journal club will explore the benefits of empathic care, and how nurses should be aware of obstacles to giving empathic care, including their emotional health.

Journal Club Information

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, October 17, 2024, 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.

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