BSc. Honours General and Mental Health Nursing Year 1.
Name of Module: Nursing Practice Studies 2.
Module: Theoretical Concepts.
Title of Assignment:
The caring encounter between nurse and patient is the starting point in good nursing care and requires that the nurse and the patient deal successfully and effectively with illness, vulnerability, and suffering (Gastmans et al. 1998).
Caring has been cited by many authors as the core value of the nurse/student and patient relationship.
Explore the concept of caring in your nursing practice. Support your discussion relating to theorists and literature who have explored caring.
