Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this descriptive type of study was OR: This descriptive type of study aimed to determine the levels of compassion and the empathic tendency of nursing students. Study Design: The study sample consisted of students of the Nursing Department of Health Sciences Faculty at Ondokuz Mayis University. The data were collected from April 1 to June 1, 2017, with a 12-question questionnaire, the Compassion Scale and the Empathic Tendency Scale. Analysis of the data was OR: Data analysis was used in the mean, percentage calculations, MannWhitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and correlation analysis. Results: The average age of students is 20.39±1.87, 29.5% of students are in first grade, and 79.6% of them are females and 64.1% of students live the compassion tiredness on average, 49.1% of students’ empathetic tendency is at the average level. Students’ point average of compassion scale is 72.79±10.02, empathetic tendency average point is determined as 68.34±8.21. Compassion fatigue scale total score was not statistically different compared to the questioned variables, but it was determined that the total score of the empathic tendency scale was affected by the patient’s suffering p
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