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Published on: August 29, 2018
On Virtual Presence
Valarie S Grumme1, Charlotte D Barry, Shirley C Gordon
1C. E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
Abstract:
Advances in health care and communication technology have expanded nursing practice to nontraditional environments that preclude the physical presence of the nurse for a caring encounter. An increasing number of nurses are creating and maintaining nurse-patient relationships and practicing in a diverse range of specialties in virtual/distance environments. Can nursing presence as a caring modality be "real" in a virtual/distance environment? A new ontology of nursing presence is offered that transcends people, place, space, and time.
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