Caring Presence: Providing a Safe Space for Patients

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 169-172

  Covington, Holly ^a  

^a Western Colorado Research Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring presence; Hermeneutic; Metaphysical experience; Transcendent connectedness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORADO; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 26944463145     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200507000-00008     Document Type: Article

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