Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-188) and index. New Book -- January -- 2015
Contents:
Rituals in nursing: underpinnings and importance -- Section I. Rituals of nursing practice. 1. Interpersonal caring ritual and interpersonal relationships : Nurse-patient relationship: opportunity for caring and ritual ; Traditions, beliefs, and definitions ; Interaction ritual and interpersonal caring ritual ; Caring theories as framework for caring ritual ; Relationship and ritual ; Initiation to interpersonal relationships ; Artistic interpersonal relationships ; Research on caring relationships ; Interpersonal caring ritual and symbols -- 2. Bathing patients: nursing ritual in transition : Traditions, beliefs, and definitions ; Bodywork and dirty and clean work: pollution and purification ; Initiation to bathing patients ; The art of bathing patients ; Research on bathing and hygienic interventions ; Baths, bathing, and symbols -- 3. Postmortem care: the last nursing care : Predicting and caring for patients in the last hours of life: immediate context ; Traditions, beliefs, and procedures ; Initiation to postmortem care ; Artistic performance ; Postmortem care as bodywork and dirty and clean work: pollution and purification ; Appendix A. Excerpt from Tudor (1890) ; Appendix B. The body flute -- 4. Medication errors and medication administration: ritualistic prevention : Traditions, beliefs, practices, and definitions ; Initiation to medication administration ; Art of medication administration ; Research on preventing medication errors ; Medication errors: ritual objects as symbols and ritual protection from error ; Appendix A. Affirmation -- Section II. Rituals of socialization. 5. Change-of-shift report: rite of passage for professional nurses : Traditions, beliefs, and definitions ; Initiation to change-of-shift report ; Artistic performance of a change-of-shift report ; Research on change-of-shift reports ; Change-of-shift reports and symbols -- 6. Nursing ceremonies: transitions into and in celebration of professional nursing work : Nursing ceremonies as initiations ; Nursing ceremonies in celebration of nurses' work ; Other recognition events ; Appendix A. Nightingale Pledge revised ; Appendix B. Nightingale Pledge ; Appendix C. VA Maryland Health Care System observes National Nurses Week with awards ceremony -- Nursing rituals.
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