Empathy levels among nursing students: A comparative cross-sectional study.

Jakob Håkansson EklundInger K HolmströmAnna Ollén LindqvistAnnelie J SundlerJacek HochwälderLena Marmstål Hammar

Published in: Nursing open (2019)

Students in their sixth semester in an undergraduate nursing programme expressed more empathy than did students in their second semester and master's nursing students. Among the five master's programmes, public-health nursing students expressed the most empathy and intensive-care nursing students the least.

Keyphrases

nursing students
public health
healthcare
mental health
randomized controlled trial
quality improvement
global health