A narrative inquiry: How do nurses respond to patients’ use of humour?
| Autor: | Gunilla Haydon, Pamela van der Riet |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel Project commissioning media_common.quotation_subject Empathy Nursing Narrative inquiry Human interaction Humans General Nursing media_common business.industry Personal narrative Communication Australia Middle Aged eye diseases Test (assessment) Therapeutic relationship Publishing Female sense organs Nurse-Patient Relations business Psychology Wit and Humor as Topic |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1839-3535 1037-6178 |
| Popis: | In today's healthcare system where technical instruments and test results are used to implement care it is easy to lose the human aspect of nursing. Personal interaction can get lost and nurses sometimes miss humorous attempts made by patients. Humour is a very personal concept, what one person thinks is funny does not necessarily make another person smile, or might even be hurtful. Humour is an important communication tool for patients as it humanises the nurses, creates a bond and opens communication lines. Humour has the potential to change the hospital experience for patients. The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of humour in the therapeutic relationship between patient-nurse. Semi structured interviews were held with four registered nurses and narrative inquiry was used to analyse and present the findings because of its ability to capture human interaction and experience. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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