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Catheters, slurs, and pickup lines : professional intimacy in hospital nursing /

Every day, hospital nurses must negotiate intimate trust and intimate conflict in an effort to provide quality health care. However, interactions between nurses and patients-which often require issues of privacy-are sometimes made more uncomfortable with inappropriate behavior, as when a patient has...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ruchti, Lisa C. (Lisa Camille), 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Fantasies and Realities in Nursing Care; 1. Invisible Intimacy in Nursing; 2. Social and Commercial Aspects of Intimate Care Work; 3. Catheters, Communications, and Intimate Trust; 4. Slurs, Pickup Lines, and Intimate Conflicts; 5. Individual and Collective Intimate Strategies; Conclusion: A Call for Collective Nursing Practices and Continued Research; Appendix A: Why I Define My Research as Feminist; Appendix B: Nurse Demographics; Appendix C: Illustrations: Model of Professional Intimacy and Nursing School Recruitment; Notes; References; Index.