title: Nursing as healing work.
abstract: This paper describes the therapeutic potential of nursing practice as healing work, by addressing the growing trend in nursing to consider how the work of nursing and the nurse-client relationship are potentially of a healing nature. The work of nursing, presencing, concern and authenticity are discussed, before a redefinition of healing is offered. To exemplify nursing as healing work, some stories are shared from nurses working in different work settings. These stories are of human interest, especially in terms of their healing outcomes.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research