Empathy is generally known as the concept of understanding others, as it refers to feeling the emotions experienced by others as if they were one's own.
Empathy can be broadly divided into "having the same feelings as others" (empathy as emotion) and "understanding the feelings of others" (empathy as cognition). In either case, empathy is the ability to understand the thoughts and feelings of others and to perceive the external world as others perceive it.
A similar concept is "sympathy," but empathy is considered different from this "compassion" in that it does not involve excessive self-injection or loss of self.nursingThe concept of empathy in the "social sciences" draws much of its support from psychological definitions, and can be described as "feeling the other's position as one's own, but not identifying oneself with the other and making oneself independent of the other. There is also the view that empathy is not limited to mere understanding of others, and that empathy can only be established when it is possible to communicate empathy and understanding to the other person. By communicating empathy, an intimate relationship of mutual understanding can be established,professionassuming ...Patient-Nurse Relationshipcan be formed.nursing scienceIn the "Practice of Empathy," empathy is an important basic concept and an indispensable skill for practice, so we have been working to cultivate empathy from the time of basic education.

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