title: Nurse, are you a healer?
abstract: The concept of "nurse as healer" is in itself vague and illusive. It is, however, a concept that is beginning to emerge in practice and in the literature. To begin to develop an understanding of "nurse as healer", the following questions are addressed: Are nurses identified as healers in the nursing literature? In today's world of nursing practice, do nurses consider themselves to be healers? What healing practices do nurses engage in?
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, California State University, Long Beach.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept