Abstract
The purpose of any health care organization is to provide health care. The very existence of the word care in phrases such as health care, nursing care, patient care, and medical care demonstrate how central the concept of care is within the industry and within society. Because care is so widely recognized and represented in our language, the failure to attend to this important aspect represents a great risk to health care organizations. However, caring is believed to be simple concept, easily understood, when it is, in fact, a complex phenomenon embedded and influenced by multiple contexts and constructions.
Caring grounds the practice of nursing and is for nurses what gives the work meaning. In turn, what values nurses' hold in life, they bring to nursing; they give who they are. Caring occurs within the relationship between the nurse and the patient and through this relationship the nurses gain unique, personal knowledge of the person who is their patient. The nurses detail as a primary role and responsibility to interpret this knowledge for the health care team and to help interpret the health care experience for the patient and the family.
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Omega Sigma
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Phenomenology
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Patient Care, Nurse-Patient Relationship, Quality of Care, Efficiency, Effectiveness
Advisor
Kay Egan
Second Advisor
Bruce Kramer
Third Advisor
Barbara Balik
Degree
Doctoral-Other
Degree Grantor
University of St. Thomas
Degree Year
2000
Recommended Citation
Milbrath, Christine Dooge, "Construction of caring: A study of nurses in a children's hospital" (2022). Dissertations. 429.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/429
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Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2022-03-28
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9990837; ProQuest document ID: 304677210. The author still retains copyright.