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Stevens, Emma; Price, Elizabeth and Walker, Liz
(2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2021.26.11.526
Abstract
Although dignity has been widely explored in the context of healthcare, it has rarely been the subject of empirical exploration when care is delivered by community district nursing teams. This paper demonstrates how a commonplace community nursing task (changing dressings) can constitute a clinical lens through which to explore the ways in which community nurses can influence patients' dignity. This ethnographic study involved two research methods: interviews with patients and nurses (n=22) and observations of clinical interactions (n=62). Dignity can manifest during routine interactions between community nurses and patients. Patient-participants identified malodour from their ill-bodies as a particular threat to dignity. Nurses can reinforce the dignity of their patients through relational aspects of care and the successful concealment of ‘leaky’ bodies.
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- Item ORO ID
- 79986
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 2052-2215
- Keywords
- District nursing; Patient dignity; Wound care; Nurse-patient relationship; Ethnography
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) - Research Group
- Health Studies Research Group
- Copyright Holders
- © 2021 MA Healthcare Ltd
- Depositing User
- Emma Stevens