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| | NursingCenter - Library - Journal Issue - Article |
 | | But there are many nurses, many in other health professions, and many in the public, who are not able to articulate the value of nursing, or to explain what is lost if nurses' tasks are simply delegated to trained workers. |
 | | We have the opportunity now, when many nurses are feeling real distress about their inability to practice nursing in ways that they value, to reach out and make a connection with the fundamental understandings that nurses have concerning how they prefer to practice. |
 | | Nurses want the time and the energy to pay attention to a person's needs, to assist the family in coping with illness and loss, to understand the realities of people's experience in order to tailor care to their needs, to address the whole person, and not just the disease. |
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