In:
International Journal of Human Caring, Springer Publishing Company, Vol. 11, No. 2 ( 2007-03), p. 32-39
Abstract:
What is healing? How can nurses promote it in the face of human suffering? These questions have been asked ever since Nightingale pondered these basic questions for nursing. Answering them is, in my view, answering one of the foundational questions of what is nursing. My own conclusion, from numerous studies, is that nursing is professional caring, involving the nurse’s competence, professional wisdom, caring, and ability in connecting with the patient, as well as the progressive self-development of the nurse. In this paper I reflect on the healing potential of professional caring from the patient’s perspective, in the light of research findings from psychoneuroimmunology.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1091-5710
,
2578-2304
DOI:
10.20467/1091-5710.11.2.32
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Publishing Company
Publication Date:
2007
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