Meeting patients' fundamental care needs is essential for optimal safety and recovery and
positive experiences within any healthcare setting. There is growing international evidence …

Background Debate continues regarding whether humanitarian values such as care and
compassion can be taught or are innate in individuals who wish to become nurses …

Establishing positive and trusting therapeutic relationships with patients has long been
recognised as an essential component of nursing practice and is important for effective care …

Nursing students need skills in creative thinking and empathy for navigating a diverse
patient population and the ever-changing landscape of the current healthcare system …

This paper discusses compassion failure and compassion deficits in health care, using two
major reports by R obert F rancis in the UK as a point of reference. F rancis enquired into …

To the population nursing and caring are synonymous. Empathy and using therapeutic
relationships are ways that nurses can utilise care and compassion in their practice …

Comme à bien des endroits dans le monde, le Québec n'échappe pas aux réformes de son
système de la santé, lesquelles peuvent malheureusement entraîner des obstacles à la …

Background: The quality of nursing care rendered today is markedly reducing and the
amount of time spent with patients listening to and explaining issues concerning their …

Objectives Co-producing aspects of nursing and midwifery education is increasingly being
used in higher education to try to improve student learning and meet standards set by some …

Objective: Empathy is widely accepted as an essential nursing attribute yet the relationship
between nurse empathy and the care of people with dementia in the hospital setting has …