title: Care: a value expressed in philosophies of nursing services.
abstract: Philosophies are written to reflect the values of the institution. Nursing service philosophies describe the essential features of nursing as practiced in a specific site. In this study, 10 philosophies of nursing services from community and teaching hospitals were content analyzed. Care emerged as a theme in each of the philosophies. The care construct was further categorized as general care, care approaches, and care descriptors: goal-directed, quality, safe, cost-effective, effective, competent, and ethical. An exhaustive description of care as proposed by Colaizzi is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Systems, Community and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0567, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuck
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Renfro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lexvold
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D015144:Southeastern United States