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Nurse, Are you a Healer?
Author(s) -
Oliver Nancy Rainville
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6198.1990.tb00843.x
Subject(s) - nursing , nursing practice , nursing literature , medicine , psychology , alternative medicine , pathology
The concept of “nurse as healer” is in itself vague and illusive. It is, however, a concept that is beginning to emerge in practice and in the literature. To begin to develop an understanding of “nurse as healer”, the following questions are addressed: Are nurses identified as healers in the nursing literature? In today's world of nursing practice, do nurses consider themselves to be healers? What healing practices do nurses engage in?