Dressings and dignity in community nursing
| Autor: | Emma Stevens, Elizabeth Price, Liz Walker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
District nurse
Patients Urban Population Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Nurse–client relationship Context (language use) Nurses Community Health Respect Interviews as Topic Personhood Dignity Nursing Health care Humans Medicine Anthropology Cultural Qualitative Research media_common Community and Home Care business.industry Communication food and beverages General Medicine Community Health Nursing Bandages Nurse-Patient Relations business Community nursing |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Community Nursing. 26:526-531 |
| ISSN: | 2052-2215 1462-4753 |
| DOI: | 10.12968/bjcn.2021.26.11.526 |
| Popis: | Although dignity has been widely explored in the context of healthcare, it has rarely been the subject of empirical exploration when care is delivered by community district nursing teams. This paper demonstrates how a commonplace community nursing task (changing dressings) can constitute a clinical lens through which to explore the ways in which community nurses can influence patients' dignity. This ethnographic study involved two research methods: interviews with patients and nurses (n=22) and observations of clinical interactions (n=62). Dignity can manifest during routine interactions between community nurses and patients. Patient-participants identified malodour from their ill-bodies as a particular threat to dignity. Nurses can reinforce the dignity of their patients through relational aspects of care and the successful concealment of ‘leaky’ bodies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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