Existential Care in Daily Nursing Practice

Relationship-centered palliative nursing during serious illness requires existential care. Yet, multilevel systemic barriers hinder nurses' ability to provide this care. The authors suggest ways to navigate these barriers, highlighting existential care priorities that nurses can attend to in th...

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Published in:	The American journal of nursing Vol. 123; no. 10; pp. 42 - 48
Main Authors:	Tarbi, Elise C, Broden, Elizabeth G, Rosa, William E, Hayden, Adam, Morgan, Brianna E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies 01-10-2023
Subjects:	Holistic nursing Life course Nurse patient relationships Nursing Nursing care Palliative care Professional practice Sympathy
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Summary:	Relationship-centered palliative nursing during serious illness requires existential care. Yet, multilevel systemic barriers hinder nurses' ability to provide this care. The authors suggest ways to navigate these barriers, highlighting existential care priorities that nurses can attend to in their daily practice. These include 1) maintaining a strengths-based orientation, 2) taking a life course perspective, 3) grounding care firmly in relationships, and 4) responding moment to moment. They propose that by emphasizing existential care in palliative nursing, we can create a more compassionate and human-centered health system.
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ISSN:	0002-936X 1538-7488 1538-7488
DOI:	10.1097/01.NAJ.0000979092.39243.d4