title: Powerful caring.
abstract: The second article in our Heart of Nursing series looks at how nurses accompany patients on their journey. Through their skill and care, nurses move companionship to a level where it becomes therapeutic and healing.
authors.affiliation: School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, University of Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pearson
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001926:Brain Death; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011368:Professional-Family Relations