A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Empathetic Ability among B. S. C Nursing III Year Students in Selected College, Shree Digamber Degree College of Nursing, Bharatpur

Empathy is the ability to put oneself in someone else?s place. The student nurse who can empathize with a client is able to understand how the client feels in a particular situation. Empathy and good listening skills are certainly criteria for any health professional. The ability to imagine oneself in another?s place and understanding the others feelings, desires, ideas and action, the use of empathy is an important part of counseling techniques. Empathy is the experience of understanding another person?s condition from their perspective. The word ?Empathy? means ?the ability to understand and share the feeling of another?. The student nurse can be able to understand the feeling of a client in a particular situation.