Are We Speaking the Same Language?

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Authors

Laura Silva Castaneda · American Nurses Association

BRIAN HABERT · American Nurses Association

DAWN YOUNKER · American Nurses Association

Nancy Crigger · American Nurses Association

Abstract

In Brief Are the interventions the nurse offers as caring always perceived as caring by patients? What if patients don't experience nurses' words or gentle touch as caring gestures because they want silence or not to be touched? Can we know their caring preferences?

Topics & Keywords

Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare Optimism, Hope, and Well-being Empathy and Medical Education

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Christian Nursing

Volume 24, Issue 2, pp. 88-93

DOI: 10.1097/01.cnj.0000265573.27834.1f

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