Empatia, género y declinacion empática en estudiantes de enfermería / Empathy, gender and empathie declination in nursing students

RESUMEN Objetivo: Determinar los niveles de empatía en estudiantes de enfermería. Material y métodos: Estudio exploratorio, transversal. Se estudió una muestra de 479 estudiantes. Se utilizó la Escala de Empatía de Jefferson. Se analizaron las diferencias en la empatía y sus componentes. Resultados: No hubo diferencias significativas en el factor año académico de los estudiantes, pero sí en el factor género. Se observó un aumento de la empatz'a en el género femenino; en el género masculino se observó un decremento a partir del segundo año. Hubo diferencias entre los géneros. Conclusiones: Los niveles de empatía en las mujeres se comportan de forma "plana" a través de los cursos, pero con valores mayores que los del promedio general de los datos observados. Los niveles de empatía en los hombres se comportan con una tendencia a la declinación empática.

SUMMARY Objective: To determine the empathy in nursing students. Material and methods: Exploratory, cross-sectional study. A sample of 479 students was studied. The Jefferson Empathy Scale was used. Empathy and its components were analyzed. Results: There were no significant differences in the academic year factor of the students. However in the gender factor they were found. An increase in empathy was observed in the female gender; in the masculine gender a decrease is observed from the second year. There were differences between the genders. Conclusions: The empathy in women behave "flat" through the courses, but with values higher than the general average of the observed data. The empathy in men behave with a tendency to empathic decline.

Clinical Simulation in Nursing: A Scale to Evaluate Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning.

The clinical simulation is a university educational proposal that exposes the student to contexts similar to real situations, using technological innovation. The objective of this project is to translate and validate the Spanish version of the Satisfaction and Self-confidence in Learning Scale of the National League for Nursing (NLN). The method proposed is rigorous and academic translation, validation by expert judges in nursing and statistical validation of this scale. It is expected to obtain a validated instrument that will effectively and systematically measure satisfaction and self-confidence in the learning of nursing students, by using simulation technologies.