title: Nursing presence: putting the art of nursing back into hospital orientation.
abstract: Nursing presence, the "doing for" and "being with" patients, embodies the holistic work of the registered nurse. However, nursing presence is seldom reflected in hospital orientation curricula. Programs traditionally orient nurses to policies and psychomotor tasks but exclude emphasizing how to "be with" patients. This article describes how one Midwestern academic medical center incorporated both the art and science of nursing into orientation.
authors.affiliation: Carol Toliuszis Kostovich, PhD, RN, is Research Health Scientist, Edward Hines Jr., Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois, and Associate Professor, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois. Pamela S. Clementi, PhD, RN-BC, is Nurse Manager, Department of Nursing Education, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, a Member of CHE Trinity Health, Livonia, Michigan.
authors.forename: Carol Toliuszis
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Kostovich
authors.forename: Pamela S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Clementi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement