Interdisciplinary palliative care teams : insights and experiences of chaplain interns and social work interns.

What does caring mean to nursing and social work students?

“…For example, Paldanius & Määttä () revealed that for nursing students' caring means the feeling of sympathy and love for human beings. Ronald's () study findings emphasized complementarity of nursing and social work skills and work orientation towards the patient.…”

“…In today's complex healthcare systems, it is impossible for any one professional group on its own to deliver person‐centred care to achieve the desired health outcomes (Ghebrehiwet ). Nursing and social work are known as caring professions which share similar values (Groessl ; Ronald ) and the same purpose – to provide care to patients/clients (Princeton ). However, this common purpose is attained through different tasks and responsibilities, which should not overlap, but rather support one another.…”

“…Caring means an aspect of humanity in both nursing and social work professions (Ronald ). It is a moral imperative, which means concern about, consideration for, and desire for, meeting of needs or providing all‐round help (Princeton ).…”

“…It is a moral imperative, which means concern about, consideration for, and desire for, meeting of needs or providing all‐round help (Princeton ). Caring means a conscious form of care where the caregiver's intentions and actions provide effective assistance to the care recipient to respond to his/her human needs (Ray & Turkel ; Ronald ), reduce suffering (Gachoud et al. ), feel sympathy (Paldanius & Määttä ) and enable the person to seek greater independence (Groessl ).…”

“…In providing care, nurses and social workers act as caregivers, and have to view care recipients as human beings with physical and emotional, psychological and spiritual components (Ronald ). Hence, interconnectedness and interdependence are tightly linked with caring.…”