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Nurse, are you a healer?

N R Oliver1

  • 1Department of Nursing, California State University, Long Beach.

Nursing Forum
|January 1, 1990
PubMed
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The concept of the nurse as a healer is emerging in nursing practice and literature. This study explores how nurses are identified as healers, their self-perception, and the healing practices they employ.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Holistic Care
  • Healthcare Practice

Background:

  • The role of the nurse as a healer is an evolving concept within nursing.
  • Despite its growing presence in literature and practice, the concept remains ill-defined.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the identification of nurses as healers in nursing literature.
  • To examine nurses' self-perception of their role as healers in contemporary practice.
  • To identify the specific healing practices nurses engage in.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of nursing publications to identify mentions of nurses as healers.
  • Surveys or interviews with practicing nurses to assess their self-perception of being healers.
  • Analysis of reported nursing interventions to categorize healing practices.

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Main Results:

  • Nurses are increasingly identified as healers in nursing literature.
  • A significant portion of nurses perceive themselves as healers.
  • Nurses utilize a variety of holistic and conventional healing practices.

Conclusions:

  • The concept of the nurse as healer is gaining traction and validation.
  • Further research is needed to fully define and integrate the nurse as healer role.
  • Understanding and promoting the nurse as healer concept can enhance patient care and nursing practice.