Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91).
Contents
pt. 1. Knowledge base for the nurse healer. The importance of identifying our nursing knowledge base -- Knowledge for nurse healing is ordinary knowledge -- Ways of knowing: an overview -- Understanding the world through empirics -- Understanding the world through ethics -- Understanding the world through aesthetics -- Understanding the world through personal knowing -- pt. 2. The nature of a caring relationship. Role entrapment: barrier to a healing relationship -- The caring relationship -- Advocacy -- pt. 3. Nurse healing in action. Avoiding pitfalls and burnout: learning the wisdom of caring -- Nurse healing through therapeutic techniques -- The healing environment.