title: Compassionate care.
abstract: After reading the CPD article, it is clear that compassionate care is fundamental to the nursing role. It engages nurses and service users and improves health outcomes physically and emotionally. The importance of compassionate care is emphasised on almost a daily basis during pre-registration nursing lectures.
authors.affiliation: Northampton University.
authors.forename: Elly
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Verwoerd
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning