title: Nurse-client alliance: a pattern of home health caring.
abstract: Forming nurse-client alliances is the process of partnering with clients to elicit desired outcomes. Developing an alliance between nurse and client calls for contracting toward mutually agreed upon goals, a practice that can be satisfying to both. This article explains the alliance concept and applies it to real-life situations so the nurse can integrate this strategy into practice.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Wills
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010358:Patient Participation