Nursing: Caring or Codependent? |
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| Authors: | Rosalie A. Caffrey RN PhD Paul A. Caffrey MS |
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| Affiliation: | Rosalie A. Caffrey, RN, PhD, is a Professor Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR. Paul A. Caffrey, MS, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Private Practice, Ashland, OR. |
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| Abstract: | Can nurses practice caring within a healthcare system that promotes codependency? Caring promotes mutual empowerment of all participants while codependent caring disempowers. Nurses are expected to practice caring with clients, The authors contend, however, that nursing, as historically and currently practiced within bureaucratic/patriarchal organizations, is founded on a vlue system that fosters codependency. Until nursing is practiced within the context of caring organizations and a caring healthcare system, nurses will continue to be powerless to shape their own practice as carers and burnout will continue to be a problem. |
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