TY - JOUR
T1 - Connectedness in the nurse-patient relationship
T2 - A grounded theory study
AU - Miner-Williams, Denise
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - What is that "special," meaningful relationship that nurse and patient sometimes share? A grounded theory study was undertaken to answer this question. Findings highlighted that the nurse-patient relationship (NPR) exists for the nurse to meet health needs of the patient. Ordinarily, these are biopsychosocial needs. However, at times patients present with needs emanating from deep within the person, which are deemed needs of the spirit. Under certain conditions with a nurse who is competent and willing, a process evolves, marked by meaningfulness, which not only meets these needs of the spirit but strongly impacts the nurse, the patient, or both, and promotes healing, growth, and comfort. This is connectedness in the NPR.
AB - What is that "special," meaningful relationship that nurse and patient sometimes share? A grounded theory study was undertaken to answer this question. Findings highlighted that the nurse-patient relationship (NPR) exists for the nurse to meet health needs of the patient. Ordinarily, these are biopsychosocial needs. However, at times patients present with needs emanating from deep within the person, which are deemed needs of the spirit. Under certain conditions with a nurse who is competent and willing, a process evolves, marked by meaningfulness, which not only meets these needs of the spirit but strongly impacts the nurse, the patient, or both, and promotes healing, growth, and comfort. This is connectedness in the NPR.
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U2 - 10.1080/01612840701651462
DO - 10.1080/01612840701651462
M3 - Article
C2 - 17987478
AN - SCOPUS:36049047976
VL - 28
SP - 1215
EP - 1234
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
SN - 0161-2840
IS - 11
ER -