Keeping the care in nursing care: our biggest challenge.
Although caring is the essence of nursing practice, many nurses are concerned that their ability to care is being compromised by the tumultuous changes occurring in the current healthcare environment. The author explores the challenge of caring in nursing practice, reviews what recent research has shown us about caring in nursing and identifies what we as nurse executives can do to enhance our own caring skills and the caring expertise of clinical nurse colleagues.
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003120:Colorado; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards