To make a difference: nursing presence.
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.
Melnechenko
Karen L
KL
Timmins and District Hospital, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. melkar2215@hotmail.com
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