Background. Emotional labour has been widely accepted in the literature as part of nursing
work, however the contribution of emotional intelligence in the nursing context requires …

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Emotional labor and nursing: an under‐appreciated aspect of caring work This paper
describes one component of the findings of a larger research study entitled 'Nurses' social …

Caring science and the science of unitary human beings: a trans‐theoretical discourse for
nursing knowledge development Background. Two dominant discourses in contemporary …

Aim. The aim of this paper is to identify the core, enduring attributes of nursing caring in
order to increase understanding of the concept and to identify its implications for research …

As most health care systems around the world are undergoing major administrative
restructuring, we expose ourselves to the risk of dehumanizing patient care. If we are to …

This paper notes the dawning of reflective practice on the horizon of nursing practice and
sets out to explore its value for nursing. Central to this value is the potential of reflective …

Theoretical advances in nursing have been complicated by polarization and extreme
positions regarding nursing's approach to its main metaparadigm concepts: person, health …