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So what exactly is a nurse?

L Clarke1

  • 1Faculty of Health, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK. w.f.clarke@bton.ac.uk

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
|July 27, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Defining nursing, particularly mental health nursing, is complex. This study argues caring is an ethical stance, independent of patient care, and questions the utility of a distinct nursing identity.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Ethics
  • Mental Health

Background:

  • The definition of nursing is problematic and contested.
  • Different practitioner roles challenge the concept of nursing care.
  • The concept of caring is explored as an ethical foundation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the problematic definition of nursing.
  • To analyze the concept of caring as an ethical position.
  • To explore perspectives in mental health nursing and their external influences.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of nursing and caring.
  • Examination of practitioner roles and their relation to nursing care.
  • Discussion of ethical principles in mental health nursing.

Main Results:

  • Caring can be defended as an ethical position irrespective of the object of care.
  • Mental health nursing perspectives are shaped by external factors.
  • Universal moral rules can operate independently of specific situations.

Conclusions:

  • The definition of nursing remains complex and debated.
  • Caring is a defensible ethical position in its own right.
  • Invoking a specific nursing identity may not fully illuminate mental health nursing practice.

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