RIS ID
27604
Abstract
This article explores nursing's heritage as a healing, therapeutic activity. It examines the central characteristics of nursing as skilled companionship and links them with the foundational core of nursing-a therapeutic relationship based on an understanding of the illness experience. In addition, it discusses the role of literature and performance in developing knowledge to advance nursing as a therapeutic activity.
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Publication Details
Pearson, A., Borbasi, S. & Walsh, K. (1997). Practising nursing therapeutically through acting as a skilled companion on the illness journey. Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, 3 (1), 46-52.