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Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the compassion levels and
the factors that affect the compassion levels of the operating room nurses,
which is an important part of the surgical process. Methods: This descriptive
study was conducted with 236 nurses working in the operating rooms of public
and private hospitals between December 2017 and January 2018, which
allowed the study to be carried out in Istanbul. The Compassion Scale and the
Individual Information Form were used to collect data. The SPSS 23 for
Windows computer program was used to analyze the frequency, Mann-
Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, Result: 47.1% of the operating room
nurses were male and 52.9% were female. The mean total score of the
operating room nurses Compassion Scale was 3.92 ± 0.85.According to
gender, kindness, common humanity, mindfulness, disengagement and total
compassion level in male; ?ndifference and separation were higher in female (p
<0.05). According to marital status, the size of indifference was higher in
married, all other dimensions were higher in single nurses. Conclus?on: In the
light of the findings obtained from the study, it can be said that the highest
average score can be taken from the scale, and the compassion levels of the
operating room nurses are high.
Keywords: Nursing, care, compassion, operating room nurses