Taking Care of the Caretakers: a Partial Explanation of Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice.

Publication/Presentation Date

3-1-1991

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical practice of clinical nurse specialists (CNSs). Data were collected from three recorded case studies and interviews from a theoretical sample of 17 masters-prepared CNSs who had functioned in the CNS role for a minimum of 1 year. Using the constant comparative method, transcribed interviews were line-coded and clustered to form groups of data that could be labelled as constructs. Caring was validated as the basic psychological process. Scientific caring included investigating and teaching; humanistic caring included creating the new, showing the way, working with others, and taking care of the environment. It was found that CNSs took care of the caretakers as well as the patients and their families.

Volume

16

Issue

3

First Page

270

Last Page

276

ISSN

0309-2402

Disciplines

Nursing

PubMedID

2037731

Department(s)

Patient Care Services / Nursing

Document Type

Article

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