Nurse Caring: A Review of the Literature

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    • Danita R. Potter Grambling State University, Grambling, LA, USA
    • Joshua Fogel Brooklyn College, Department of Finance and Business Management, 2900 Bedford Avenue, 218A, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
    2013-02-13
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijans.v2i1.644

  • The purpose of this paper was to review the literature on caring among nurses. The approach utilized studies on nurse caring behaviors in a variety of patient care settings. Articles published between 1987-2012 in the CINAHL, Medline, and PubMed databases were used. Overall, fourteen different articles were deemed relevant and were included in the review. The review articles were grouped into three categories which were Acute/Surgical, Community/Institutionalized, and Postpartum/Childbirth. In conclusion, human needs assistance was a consistent aspect of caring valued by patients.  We recommend that nurses learn their patient’s likes and dislikes while also providing for topics related to patient physical needs. Also when caring for children, nurses should use entertainment and humor as part of their caring approach.

     

    Author Biographies

    • Danita R. Potter, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA, USA
      Dr. Danita Potter is the Interim Associate Dean of Nursing at Grambling State University. Dr. Potter has over 16 years of nursing experience and over 12 years teaching in nursing education. Dr. Potter has contributed to the science of nursing by presenting at local, regional, and national conferences. Dr. Potter was named one of five AACN & Johnson Johnson Minority Faculty Scholar 2008-2009. She is an editor at Online Journal of Nursing Informatics.
    • Joshua Fogel, Brooklyn College, Department of Finance and Business Management, 2900 Bedford Avenue, 218A, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA

      Joshua Fogel, PhD, Brooklyn College, Department of Finance and Business Management, 2900 Bedford Avenue, 218A, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA, joshua.fogel@gmail.com

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    Potter, D. R., & Fogel, J. (2013). Nurse Caring: A Review of the Literature. International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies, 2(1), 40-45. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijans.v2i1.644