title: "I'm here": the words that started a movement.
abstract: The ability to be fully present with patients is a cornerstone of effective caregiving. Time constraints, a health care system in flux, and political agendas, combined with the stress of overwork and high-pressure work environments of health care professionals, can lead to compassion fatigue, mistakes, and burnout. Narrative nursing is a field created by the author to teach nurses therapeutic journaling and perspective as tools to address and prevent these issues.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Engel
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D062525:Narrative Therapy; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*