title: Caring relationships between nursing students and their patients.
abstract: The meaning of a caring experience between a nursing student and a patient was explored in this phenomenologic study. Twenty-two undergraduate students wrote an in-depth account of a caring experience they had with one of their patients. Using Van Manen's phenomenologic approach, the following five essential themes of a caring nursing student-patient experience emerged: authentic presence, competence, emotional support, physical comforting, and positive consequences. Implications for nurse educators are addressed.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*