Effect Of Empathy And

Well-Being On Health
Care Among Emergency
Nurses
Done by :

Ali Ashraf Al-Johani 4002816 ( Primary author )

Rakan Hussein Al-Gahfeir 4003472 ( Secondary author )
Meshal Hamad Al-Johani 4100421 ( Secondary author )
Abdulwahab Selma Al-Mutiri 4000966 ( Secondary author )
Abdullah Fehaid AJ-Rougi 4107366 ( Secondary author )
Waleed salah AL-Ahmadi 4101972 ( Secondary author )

Introduction Aims Methodology

Pain alleviation of many patients who
areadmitted at emergency department, pose
an inspectional quest about its effectiveness
when they are discharged (Bourgaultet al.,
2015). This study suggests some
explanations about the relationship of pain
management to nurses’ level of empathyand
their well-being in which may potentially
affect the patient care negatively as
correspondingly as nurse’s competency
(Shanafelt et al., 2005).
The Purpose is attended to understand the
shortcomings of pain control provided by
emergency nurses with regards to their
characteristics (Bourgault et al., 2015) .
Enforcing the positive clinical benefits of
empathy, such as better patient compliance
and greater patient satisfaction.
Promoting well-being and empathy in clinical
practice (Bourgault et al., 2015).
Research Questions
What is the association between empathy and
wellbeing among emergency nurses ?
How does promoting empathy and wellbeing
enhance patient care in clinical practice ?
Study Design : Cross-sectional descriptive
correlational design (Bourgault et al., 2015).
Sampling : Convenience sampling (Bourgault et
al., 2015).
Sample size : The sample size is 37 of the 40
emergency nurses who volunteered to be present
during all three work shifts and estimated to
examine the relationship between two continuous
variables (empathy and well-being) (Bourgault et
al., 2015) .
Sample characteristics : The study is conducted
mainly on nurses in emergency departments at all
their three work shifts with diverse educational
level , ages , sex , clinical experience , and any
received pain management training.

Problem Statement is Alleviation of pain

Setting : Emergency department of PHC in Al-
after discharge of significant number of
Hijra dist located in the Al-Madinah manwra ,
patients from emergency department is Saudi Arabia (Bourgault et al., 2015).
managed ineffectively upon their initial visit
(Bourgault et al., 2015) . Data collection : Self-administered questionnaire
contains sociodemographic data as well as a scale
Gap / Limitations : Due to the low sample size ( JSPE ) was used to measure the empathy of
and narrow environmental study context, it is emergency nurses participants on a 7-point Likert
challenging to generalize the findings , scale (Bourgault et al., 2015).
additionally , relying solely on self-reported
surveys may be insufficient to measure it Statistical Analysis : The study is statistically
accurately , so consequently, a comprehensive analyzed in a Descriptive manner regarding the
evaluation should incorporate multiple assessment characteristics of the sample expressed in
techniques(Bourgault et al., 2015). percentages, averages, and standard deviations
(Bourgault et al., 2015).

Procedure
Recruitment procedures : The initial step in the recruitment process was
gaining the ethical committee permission from the local hospital. Then,
emergency nurses signed a consent form after being informed of the
study's variables and confidentiality guidelines (Bourgault et al., 2015).

Ethical considerations : The research conduction consent is approved

from the ethical committee of the local hospital. Emergency nurses
signed a consent form of participation after informing and explaining for
them study variables and confidentiality rules (Bourgault et al., 2015).

References :

1. Bourgault, P., Lavoie, S., Paul-Savoie, E., Grégoire, M., Michaud, C., Gosselin, E., & Johnston, C. C. (2015, July). Relationship Between Empathy and
WellBeing Among Emergency Nurses. Journal ofEmergency Nursing, 41(4), 323— 328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2014.10.001

2. Shanafelt, T. D., West, C., Zhao, X., Novotny, P., Kolars, J., Habermann, T., & Sloan, J. (2005, July). Relationship between increased personal well-being and
enhanced empathy among. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20(7), 559—564. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-005-0102-8