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BOND, Carmel, STACEY, Gemma, FIELD-RICHARDS, Sarah, CALLAGHAN, Patrick, KEELEY, Philip, LYMN, Joanne, REDSELL, Sarah and SPIBY, Helen (2018). The concept of compassion within UK media-generated discourse: A corpus-informed analysis. Journal of clinical nursing, 27 (15-16), 3081-3090.
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Abstract
Aims and objectives To examine how the concept of compassion is socially constructed within UK discourse, in response to recommendations that aspiring nurses gain care experience prior to entering nurse education. Background Following a report of significant failings in care, the UK government proposed prior care experience for aspiring nurses as a strategy to enhance compassion amongst the profession. Media reporting of this generated substantial online discussion, which formed the data for this research. There is a need to define how compassion is constructed through language as a limited understanding exists, of what compassion means in health care. This is important, for any meaningful evaluation of quality, compassionate practices. Design A corpus-informed discourse analysis. Methods A 62,626-word corpus of data was analysed using Laurence Anthony software “AntCon”, a free corpus analysis toolkit. Frequent words were retrieved and used as a focal point for further analysis. Concordance lines were computed and analysed in the context of which frequent word-types occurred. Patterns of language were revealed and interpreted through researcher immersion. Results Findings identified that compassion was frequently described in various ways as a natural characteristic attribute. A pattern of language also referred to compassion as something that was not able to be taught, but could be developed through the repetition of behaviours observed in practice learning. In the context of compassion, the word-type “nurse” was used positively. Conclusion This study adds to important debates highlighting how compassion is constructed and defined in the context of nursing. Compassion is constructed as both an individual, personal trait and a professional behaviour to be learnt. Educational design could include effective interpersonal skills training, which may help enhance and develop compassion from within the nursing profession. Likewise, ways of thinking, behaving and communicating should also be addressed by established practitioners to maintain compassionate interactions between professionals as well as nurse–patient relationships. Future research should focus on how compassionate practice is defined by both health professionals and patients. Relevance to clinical practice To maintain nursing as an attractive profession to join, it is important that nurses are viewed as compassionate. This holds implications for professional morale, associated with the continued retention and recruitment of the future workforce. Existing ideologies within the practice placement, the prior care experience environment, as well as the educational and organisational design, are crucial factors to consider, in terms of their influences on the expression of compassion in practice.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Empathy; Nurse's Role; Nurse-Patient Relations; Learning; Concept Formation; Clinical Competence; United Kingdom; attitudes; beliefs; care; compassion; discourse; experiences; nurse education; nursing; organisational behaviour; attitudes; beliefs; care; compassion; discourse; experiences; nurse education; nursing; organisational behaviour; Clinical Competence; Concept Formation; Empathy; Humans; Learning; Nurse's Role; Nurse-Patient Relations; United Kingdom; 1110 Nursing; 1117 Public Health and Health Services; 1701 Psychology; Nursing; 4203 Health services and systems; 4205 Nursing |
| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14496 |
| Page Range: | 3081-3090 |
| SWORD Depositor: | Symplectic Elements |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Elements |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2023 14:57 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2023 12:46 |
| URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/31809 |
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