Siobhan Clifford, Andrew McGuire, Amenah Dhannoon, Gordon Daly, Emma Tong, Sorcha O'Grady, Abdulaziz Abdulhadi, Jan Sorensen, Martina Morrin, Arnold Hill
Validation and comparison of two new scoring systems for the prediction of complicated versus uncomplicated appendicitis
Irish journal of medical science
nursing governing bodies assert compassion essential nursing practice despite relevance compassion nursing ample theoretical literature little empirical work conducted examine nature compassion nursing expression compassion nursing practice may affected study aimed examine personal organizational variables might affect nurses ability practice compassion predictive nonexperimental crosssectional design used explore relationships amongst variables structural psychological empowerment interprofessional collaboration compassion 191 registered nurses age length experience inpatient outpatient unit hospital community long term care teaching education level participated study data collected via surveys sent randomly chosen registrants college nurses ontario canada registry statistically significant correlations found amongst variables simple linear regression calculated predict effect independent variables structural empowerment psychological empowerment interprofessional collaboration dependent variable compassion three statistically significant positive relationship dependent variable compassion structural empowerment psychological empowerment interprofessional collaboration discussed literature possible predictor compassion study shows case critical information organizations individual nurses currently inclination blame nurses insufficient compassion rather considering may also environmental structural reasons nurses unable practice compassion study beginning future studies could test models variables interact order make informed decisions enable compassionate nursing practice strategies turns may personal environmental study step towards building nursing compassion literacy