Humor intervention in the nurse-patient interaction

Observing nurse-patient interaction

Hidden dimensions: the analysis of interaction in nurse-patient encounters.

BACKGROUND It is well established that the success of much healthcare provision is strongly linked to the quality of interaction that occurs between healthcare professionals and patients. Nurse-led consultations are becoming ever more common in primary care, and patient satisfaction with this type of clinical encounter is reportedly high. While many fields of health care have been the subject o...

Nurse-patient interaction: a review of the literature.

AIMS The aims of this paper are to review a theoretical model useful for developing nursing knowledge related to nurse-patient interaction, review the literature on nurse-patient interaction, and discuss areas for further research. THEORETICAL MODEL: Goffman's theory of face work. RESULTS Nurse-patient interaction is a central element of clinical nursing practice. This paper shows how Goffman...

Development of An Intervention Scale Measuring Psychiatric Patient - Nurse Relationship

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Humor in the physician-patient encounter.

M edicine is serious business, but physicians have always tried to balance the heavier aspects of their work with humor and lightness. Hippocrates, for example, wrote that physicians should cultivate a serious and respectable image, but at the same time he advised them to use wit in interacting with their patients because “dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and to the sick.” While humor ...