Nurses' stories: discovering essential nursing.
Stories help nurses share their nursing culture. They reveal the nature of nursing work, including its challenges, uniqueness, and privileged place. Stories are worth telling and recording, not only to supply material for research but also to help nurses better understand their lives at work.
Wolf
Zane Robinson
ZR
School of Nursing and Health Sciences, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D005495:Folklore; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D033262:Narration; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015279:Organizational Culture; D036301:Qualitative Research