The relational core of nursing practice as partnership

Abstract

Partnership represents theoretically-driven practice that invites nurses to meet patients where they are in understanding their health predicaments and what can be done about them. As such, partnership strengthens the resolve of nurses to resist the pressures of contemporary health service delivery to provide a technical form of practice and it protects the relational core of a fully professional practice.

A community-based participatory research approach to explore community perceptions of the quality of maternal–newborn health services in the Dominican Republic

“…Nursing and midwifery have described this way of relating as partnership and accompaniment (Jonsdottir, Litchfield, & Pharris, 2004; Hunter, 2002). Nurses and midwives play a significant role in empowering families and communities through community cooperation and support, as well as health promotion (Tlebere, et al, 2007).…”

Implementation and student evaluation of clinical final examination in nursing education

“…Nursing can be described in terms of two integrated parts: doing (the task) and being (the relation) (Jonsdottir et al, 2004;Norberg, 1997). These two parts are mutually dependent.…”

The Need for a Nursing Presence in Oral Chemotherapy

“…Although patients and their families want healthcare providers to be more involved in education and follow-up (Simchowitz et al, 2010), few nurses are aware that this is part of their responsibility for oral chemotherapy (Kav et al, 2008). The objective of this study was to explore oncology nurse perceptions of current practices and their ideas about improving nursing practice for patients receiving oral chemotherapy.…”