Healing During Existential Moments: The "Art" of Nursing Presence

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-459

  Iseminger, Karen ^a   Levitt, Francesca ^b   Kirk, Lisa ^c  

^a St Vincent Health   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring; Connectedness; Nurse patient relationship; Nursing presence; Spiritual formation; Transformative nursing presence model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METAPHYSICS; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW;

ADULT; ART; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; METAPHYSICS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREGNANCY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 70349989047     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2009.07.001     Document Type: Review

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