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Primary nursing: a mode of care or a philosophy of nursing?
Author(s) -
Pontin David
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00926.x
Subject(s) - nursing , primary nursing , nursing outcomes classification , medicine , nursing care , nurse education
Primary nursing: a mode of care or a philosophy of nursing ¶An examination of the literature surrounding primary nursing has shown that the term `primary nursing' is used to mean different things by different authors. This results in a confusing situation where `primary nursing' is considered by some to mean both a mode of organizing care delivery and a philosophy of nursing. In this paper I argue for a clear separation between the terms which refer to the set of ideas underpinning nursing and descriptions of modes of care. A case is made for using the term `human centred nursing' to refer to nursing beliefs and `primary nursing' to refer to the mode of nursing care delivery.