title: To make a difference: nursing presence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nursing presence in clinical practice.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To explore the concept of presence within the nursing literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  True presence creates the opportunity for nurses to go where the patient is in life, to learn about the experience of health as it is defined and lived, and to work with patients as they choose the meaning of the situation.
authors.affiliation: Timmins and District Hospital, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. melkar2215@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Melnechenko
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004645:Empathy; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D009736:Nursing Process; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011788:Quality of Life