The nurse-patient relationship as a factor in enhancing patient health in community care.

What is it about?

This papes shows how the relationship between nurses and patients in community care enhances the patient's health, not only with regard to illness, physical condition and treatment, but also physical, emotional and social well being.

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Why is it important?

Contemporary community care organizations seem to devalue nursing activities that are not physical or measurable tasks. Demonstrating the health-enhancing value of the nurse-patient relationship in community care may contribute to shifting the focus from largely technical tasks to include the development of nurse-patient relationships.

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