Compassion in nursing: a qualitative approach

Identifier:  TFG:1393

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFG1393

Authors:  Galan Moreno, Anahi

Abstract:
Compassion is a concept closely related to nursing. Over the last ten years the consequences of the economic world crisis and the impact it has had in the quality of compassionate care giving from different Healthcare Systems have been a big concern. It is important to ask nurses about how they think compassionate care should be and how they can carry it out on a day-to-day basis. This assignment is a qualitative approach, we have made a systematic review about compassion: its origins and relationship with nursing, and later we have given voice to some new nurses. This assignment also tries to analyse how compassion is taught in university and how nurses put it into practice at the beginning of their career. The results of this assignment will let us deepen in the fact whether compassion is still the motivation for future students; it also offers answers about how the nurses put it into practice and ultimately, open a space for reflection about a concept so linked to the nursing profession such as ethics and human morality. The conclusion is that it is basic to keep giving voice to the professionals and to facilitate the creation of an enabling environment so that a concept such as compassion can remain a key characteristic of the care provided in the Healthcare systems. Key words: COMPASSION; COMPASSIONATE CARE; CARING ETHICS; NURSING COMPASSION; NURSING ETHICS