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The Heart of Nursing: Attentive Listening and Serving Stories

avondale-bepress.context-key9619072
avondale-bepress.submission-pathnh_chapters/6
avondale.affiliateRickett, Carolyn; 0000-0002-1157-1832
avondale.affiliateSmedley, Alison
avondale.departmentLifestyle Medicine and Health Research Centre
avondale.facultyNursing
avondale.reporting.isPeerReviewedPeer Reviewed
avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorSmedley, Alison
dc.contributor.authorRickett, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorRace, Paul T.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:24:18Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:24:18Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-01
dc.date.submitted2017-02-02T16:05:24Z
dc.description.abstract<p>How to be an effective nurse? What “night side of life” looks like? Why relational skills are important? What patients indicate is important? The authors answer these and other questions in this book chapter and assure you that, “by choosing a career in nursing, you are committing to this ultimate goal of generating mutual trust, understanding and respect between yourself and your patient”.</p>
dc.identifier.citation<p>Rickett, C., Race, P., & Smedley, A. (2016). The heart of nursing: Attentive listening and serving stories. In K. Vaidya (Ed.), <em>Nursing for the curious: Why study nursing?</em> Canberra, Australia: The Curious Academic Publishing.</p>
dc.identifier.isbn9781-925128-03-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/09619072
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.provenance<p>This book chapter was originally published as:</p> <p>Rickett, C., Race, P., & Smedley, A. (2016). The heart of nursing: Attentive listening and serving stories. In K. Vaidya (Ed.), <em>Nursing for the curious: Why study nursing?</em>(pp. 1-7). Canberra, Australia: The Curious Academic Publishing.</p> <p>ISBN: 9781-925128-03-1</p>
dc.relation.ispartofNursing for the curious: Why study nursing?
dc.relation.urihttps://read.amazon.com.au/kp/embed?asin=B00PQZGGOI&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_EY.oCbJRB2F3C
dc.rights<p>Due to copyright restrictions this book chapter is unavailable for download.</p> <p><em>Nursing for the curious: Why study nursing?</em>may be accessed from the publisher <a href="https://read.amazon.com.au/kp/embed?asin=B00PQZGGOI&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_EY.oCbJRB2F3C">here.</a></p>
dc.subjectnursing skills
dc.subjectcommunication
dc.subjectattentive listening
dc.subjectserving
dc.titleThe Heart of Nursing: Attentive Listening and Serving Stories
dc.typeBook Chapter

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