The effects of an empathy role-playing program for operating room nursing students in Iran / 보건의료교육평가

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a role-playing training program conducted among operating room nursing students on empathetic communication with patients through measurements of empathy scores. METHODS: This study was carried out among 77 operating room nursing students from the first to the fourth years studying at the School of Nursing and Midwifery of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in the academic year 2017–2018. The intervention administered to the experimental group included a 12-hour training program on expressing empathy to patients that incorporated role-playing. The Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Profession Student version was completed by the participants before, immediately after, and 1 month after the intervention. A comparative analysis of these 3 time points was conducted. RESULTS: No significant difference was found in the total pre-intervention mean empathy scores before the intervention between the control group and the experimental group (P=0.50). However, the total mean empathy scores in the experimental group immediately after and 1 month after the intervention were higher than those in the control group (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: Empathy training through a role-playing technique was effective at improving the empathy scores of operating room nursing students, and this finding also underscores the fact that empathy can be promoted by education. Changing the educational curriculum of operating room nursing students is suggested in order to familiarize them with the concept of empathy in the operating room.

The effects of an empathy role-playing program for operating room nursing students in Iran / 보건의료교육평가

PURPOSE@#The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a role-playing training program conducted among operating room nursing students on empathetic communication with patients through measurements of empathy scores.@*METHODS@#This study was carried out among 77 operating room nursing students from the first to the fourth years studying at the School of Nursing and Midwifery of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in the academic year 2017–2018. The intervention administered to the experimental group included a 12-hour training program on expressing empathy to patients that incorporated role-playing. The Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Profession Student version was completed by the participants before, immediately after, and 1 month after the intervention. A comparative analysis of these 3 time points was conducted.@*RESULTS@#No significant difference was found in the total pre-intervention mean empathy scores before the intervention between the control group and the experimental group (P=0.50). However, the total mean empathy scores in the experimental group immediately after and 1 month after the intervention were higher than those in the control group (P<0.001).@*CONCLUSION@#Empathy training through a role-playing technique was effective at improving the empathy scores of operating room nursing students, and this finding also underscores the fact that empathy can be promoted by education. Changing the educational curriculum of operating room nursing students is suggested in order to familiarize them with the concept of empathy in the operating room.

comparison of performing tube feeding with the standard procedures at selected educational and treatment centers of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Tube feeding is used for patients, who are not able to eat orally but their digestive system can digest food. This method is safe and economical for patients, maintains the functions of the digestive system and reduces the risk of infection and sepsis. However, incorrect administration of this method of feeding results in problems such as aspiration pneumonia, infection, diarrhea, NG tube obstruction, and etcetera. If tube feeding is performed according to its standard procedure, it can have a major role in reducing complications, providing adaptability and the desired lifestyle, reducing the duration of hospitalization, and reducing the relevant costs. This research is a descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study on 37 nurses who worked in the general surgery and neurology wards and fed patients suffering from gastrostomy. A valid and reliable checklist was used for data collection. To analyze the data, the descriptive statistical method [frequency and mean] and inferential method [paired t-test, Spearman Correlation Coefficient and variance Analysis with repetition of observations] were used. The findings showed that the mean score of measures in all the stages [before, during, and after administration] was significantly lower than the standard [p < 0.001]. There was a significant reverse relation between the score of measures in all the three stages [before, during, and after administration], and work record and work experience in the ward. Furthermore, the mean score of measures in all the three stages was significantly different between female and male subjects [p value = 0.031], in that the mean score of women was higher than that of men. There was also a significant difference between the mean score of measures in all the three stages, and the employment status of samples; so that the mean score of provisionally employed personnel was higher than that of permanently employed personnel. The findings of the research showed that the mean score of measures before, during, and after administration of feeding through gastrostomy was lower than the standard [p < 0.001]. Therefore, a gastroenterology advisor, a clinical nurse and a nutrition specialist should train the patients and their families, and the personnel about preparation and storage of food, method of administering food, protection of tube entrance and NG tube by considering the problems and complications arising from this type of feeding. Based on the findings of the present research, it is necessary to retrain the nurses and especially male nurses, nurses with more work experience, and permanently employed nurses in terms of correct performance of clinical nursing skills including this type of feeding.

relationship between mother's parenting style and social adaptability of adolescent girls in Isfahan

Social adaptability is an important requirement of the social life of adolescents, which can be affected by their mother's parenting style [PS]. The purpose of this study is to compare the social adaptability in four parenting styles [authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and neglectful] through which mothers interact with their adolescent girls. This survey is a cross-sectional and analytical study on 737 adolescents that study in the all girls junior high schools in Isfahan. Data collection was done with a questionnaire. The questionnaires were completed by the adolescents. After data collection, the parenting styles were determined and the social adaptability of the four groups was compared. The mean social adaptability in adolescents who their mothers have the authoritative parenting style was 49.6 +/- 6.1, in the permissive parenting style 50.1 +/- 5.8, the authoritarian parenting style 44.2 +/- 6.5 and in the neglectful parenting style was 42.2 +/- 7.5. The social adaptability of the four groups was significantly different [p < 0.001]. This study shows that the permissive parenting style and after that authoritative parenting style were followed by higher social adaptability in adolescent girls.