In the second part of this three-part series, David Hunter and colleagues discuss the barriers to the provision of compassionate care in emergency departments (EDs). Part one reported findings from doctoral-level research exploring nursing students’ experiences of compassionate care in EDs. Many of the findings related to what the students considered as barriers to the provision of compassionate care in this clinical environment. Six barriers to compassionate care were identified and this article considers them in detail.
Emergency Nurse. doi: 10.7748/en.2018.e1775
CitationHunter D, McCallum J, Howes D (2018) Compassion in emergency departments. Part 2: barriers to the provision of compassionate care. Emergency Nurse. doi: 10.7748/en.2018.e1775
Peer reviewThis article has been subject to external double‑blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software
Correspondence Conflict of interestNone declared
Published online: 26 July 2018
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