The Complexities of Care: Nursing Reconsidered

"Nursing, everyone believes, is the caring profession. Texts on caring line the walls of nursing schools and student shelves. Indeed, the discipline of nursing is often known as the 'caring science.' Because of their caring reputation, nurses top the poll

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Moving beyond the Virtue Script in Nursing: Creating a Knowledge-Based Identity for Nurses	p. 13
When Little Things Are Big Things: The Importance of Relationships for Nurses' Professional Practice	p. 30
Pride and Prejudice: Nurses' Struggle with Reasoned Debate	p. 44
Moral Integrity and Regret in Nursing	p. 50
Ethical Expertise and the Problem of the Good Nurse	p. 69
From Sickness to Health	p. 88
The New Cartesianism: Dividing Mind and Body and Thus Disembodying Care	p. 104
Nurses Must Be Clever to Care	p. 122
"You Don't Want to Stay Here": Surgical Nursing and the Disappearance of Patient Recovery Time	p. 143
Research on Nurse Staffing and Its Outcomes: The Challenges and Risks of Grasping at Shadows	p. 161
Conclusion: Nurses Wanted: Sentimental Men and Women Need Not Apply	p. 185
Notes	p. 191
Contributors	p. 203
Index	p. 205
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