Empathy: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner. ~ Merriam-webster.com
Project Details: Empathy is a social-affective dimension at the very base of interaction and relationships (Cunico, Satrori, Marognolli & Meneghini, 2012). Understanding how others see the world is an important way to becoming a more effective communicator (Adler, Rolls & Proctor II. 2018). Empathy plays a large role in nurse/client relationships, is the quality responsible in establishing a caring environment (Cunico et al, 2012), and provides health care professionals the ability/capacity to improve patient outcomes. (Heidke, Howie & Tabassum, 2018; Ozcan, Oflaz, & Sutcu Cicek, 2010). The Empathy Project will allow each student and his or her respective groups to demonstrate their ability to communicate effectively and professionally concerning the concept of empathy by creating short videos that will be displayed on this website. Contact your instructor if you have any questions regarding this project. (References)
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