Nurse bait: strategies hospitalized patients use to entice nurses within the context of the interpersonal relationship |
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Authors: | Shattell Mona |
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Institution: | University of Alabama-Birmingham, School of Nursing, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. shattell@uab.edu |
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Abstract: | Patients on medical-surgical and psychiatric inpatient units long for more and deeper connections with nurses. Patients' dependence on the nursing staff, as well as their perceived powerlessness, creates a situation where patients believe they have to actively find ways to seek needed nursing care. This paper will describe active strategies used by medical-surgical patients to entice nurses within the context of the nurse-patient relationship; strategies designed to mitigate vulnerability and increase interpersonal connection. Implications for nursing practice and for Peplau 's Theory of Interpersonal Relations will be presented. |
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