Existential care in daily nursing practice Editorial


Authors: Tarbi, E. C.; Broden, E. G.; Rosa, W. E.; Hayden, A.; Morgan, B. E.
Title: Existential care in daily nursing practice
Abstract: Relationship-centered palliative nursing during serious illness requires existential care. Yet, multilevel systemic barriers hinder nurses' ability to provide this care. The authors suggest ways to navigate these barriers, highlighting existential care priorities that nurses can attend to in their daily practice. These include 1) maintaining a strengths-based orientation, 2) taking a life course perspective, 3) grounding care firmly in relationships, and 4) responding moment to moment. They propose that by emphasizing existential care in palliative nursing, we can create a more compassionate and human-centered health system. © 2023 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Keywords: nursing; palliative care; existentialism
Journal Title: American Journal of Nursing
Volume: 123
Issue: 10
ISSN: 0002-936X
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins  
Date Published: 2023-10-01
Start Page: 42
End Page: 48
Language: English
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000979092.39243.d4
PROVIDER: scopus
PUBMED: 37732668
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