title: Improving compassionate care skills with education.
abstract: The ability to show compassion in practice is a crucial nursing skill. This article discusses how education can change the culture around the delivery of compassionate care. It focuses on using education as a tool and integrating other strategies such as communication, recruitment and leadership, which not only underpin the use of education, but are inextricably linked to bringing about change in the delivery of compassionate care.
authors.forename: Mhairi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Corder
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D000068376:Compassion Fatigue; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010560:Personnel Selection; D058996:Quality Improvement