CARING ENOUGH TO WORK TOGETHER
You and I have no crystal ball to tell us what went on when the
Program Committee made its decision to suggest that we direct our attention
to "Caring Enough to Work Together". Caring enough--about what? Each other?
The patient? What we do? Or indeed, the practice of nursing? "**pr j^UJuti) jfc ■ cLmJ^
w
Since I was given the freedom to place my own interpretation «f the
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topic, my remarks will be directed toward "the case for caring1
The three essential components of professional nursing practice as
identified in The American Nurses Association's Position Paper on Nursing
Education are care, cure, and co-ordination. Which of these components
should be the central, primary focus of Nursing ?,, Can we demonstrate the
essence of nursing's unique contribution to patient care? Can we so
inter-relate and order these components that the role and function will be
clear to others and the result an internally consistent role? You hove,
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by your oeloction of o title-,—mnHw tha-cflgs fnr the Qayjrig, to receive-our
Com Jtw </4i dosn&uad SaAuMa auJ (todL^duLa&tc* AaA? &jL So-nYktjdUju fj <dit ^td^p
attention today. £ut 'todatf jUUaaAaaXjO ^ <fe> xLuoau/ i£fiaJuJj **&& £a#JL <sl "tbtu 4/jl
iatw Cauuyi/ MMwdld mjuw
Nursing is presently engaged in a careful scrutiny of its practice in
both the more traditional and expanding roles one of which you heard
described here yesterday. I have a hunch that one of the motivating factors
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CARING ENOUGH TO WORK TOGETHER
You and I have no crystal ball to tell us what went on when the
Program Committee made its decision to suggest that we direct our attention
to "Caring Enough to Work Together". Caring enough--about what? Each other?
The patient? What we do? Or indeed, the practice of nursing? "**pr j^UJuti) jfc ■ cLmJ^
w
Since I was given the freedom to place my own interpretation «f the
jLM*-y
topic, my remarks will be directed toward "the case for caring1
The three essential components of professional nursing practice as
identified in The American Nurses Association's Position Paper on Nursing
Education are care, cure, and co-ordination. Which of these components
should be the central, primary focus of Nursing ?,, Can we demonstrate the
essence of nursing's unique contribution to patient care? Can we so
inter-relate and order these components that the role and function will be
clear to others and the result an internally consistent role? You hove,
Mui 4k 6au Jav SahiM-a, xLuoau/ i£fiaJuJj **&& £a#JL
