Service Users' Perspectives on Communicating Compassion in Mental Health Practice

Wildbore, Ellie; Bond, Carmel; Timmons, Stephen; Hui, Ada; Sinclair, Shane

Abstract

When people talk about their healthcare experience, compassion is often a common ingredient in the stories they share. After a decade of healthcare reforms and research on compassion, the experience of receiving compassionate care has been shown to be important to patients and their families. Yet, there is little guidance to inform compassionate practice in the context of providing mental health care. In this article, the authors suggest three things that mental health nurses can use in their practice to demonstrate compassion.

Citation

Wildbore, E., Bond, C., Timmons, S., Hui, A., & Sinclair, S. (2024). Service Users' Perspectives on Communicating Compassion in Mental Health Practice. Nursing Open, 11(11), Article e70081. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70081

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: Oct 21, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Nov 5, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024-11
• Deposit Date: Dec 16, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 16, 2024
• Journal: Nursing Open
• Electronic ISSN: 2054-1058
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 11
• Article Number: e70081
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70081
• Keywords: clinical skills; communication; compassion; engagement; nursing practice; service users
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/41823825
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nop2.70081
• Additional Information: Received: 2023-09-27; Accepted: 2024-10-21; Published: 2024-11-05