Psychometric Analysis of the JSPE Nursing Student Version R : Comparison of Senior BSN Students and Medical Students Attitudes toward Empathy in Patient Care
Joint Authors
McMillan, Libba Reed
Shannon, David M.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Empathic communication skills are critical to providing high-quality nursing care to holistically understand the patient's perspective.
A survey research design was used to address the research questions discussed in this study.
Data consisted of responses from nursing students attending accredited programs in the southeastern United Sates using the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy Nursing Student Version R (JSPE-R).
Findings.
Comparisons of the total scores from JSPE Versions S and R yielded similar means and standard deviations with 115 and 114.57, respectively, and standard deviations of 10 and 10.94, respectively.
The results of a one-sample t-test failed to render statistical significance (t=−1.22,P=.224), indicating that the overall attitudes of nursing students and medical students are similar.
The 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles and overall instrument reliability were also comparable.
Conclusions.
This paper supports the emergence of alternative factor analysis structures as applied to nursing students through statistical progression from exploratory factor analysis to confirmatory structures.
Implications for practice explore the utility of empathy instruments in nurse education, such as empathy progression through curriculum.
As nursing educators, the utility of development of instruments to measure effectiveness of teaching strategies and pedagogy for empathy enhancement in practice is important.
American Psychological Association (APA)
McMillan, Libba Reed& Shannon, David M.. 2011. Psychometric Analysis of the JSPE Nursing Student Version R : Comparison of Senior BSN Students and Medical Students Attitudes toward Empathy in Patient Care. ISRN Nursing،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-493720
Modern Language Association (MLA)
McMillan, Libba Reed& Shannon, David M.. Psychometric Analysis of the JSPE Nursing Student Version R : Comparison of Senior BSN Students and Medical Students Attitudes toward Empathy in Patient Care. ISRN Nursing No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-493720
American Medical Association (AMA)
McMillan, Libba Reed& Shannon, David M.. Psychometric Analysis of the JSPE Nursing Student Version R : Comparison of Senior BSN Students and Medical Students Attitudes toward Empathy in Patient Care. ISRN Nursing. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-493720
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-493720