Valentine-Maher Sarah
Res Theory Nurs Pract. 2008;22(3):171-81.
Nursing may reach its highest potential when there is an integration of Agape love and Eros love within nursing. That is, an ontological framework from which service and giving of the self are aligned with creative power and development of the self. The concepts of Eros and Agape give the nurse tools to understand the contradictions of nursing and to find increased purpose, peace, and strength in her own work. For the field of nursing, the concepts of Eros and Agape offer a pathway to redefining a heroic role of service. Such a redefined role may help nursing become increasingly responsive to the true reality of human needs, from direct contact with a patient to involvement in international health.
当护理工作中融合了圣爱与情爱时，护理可能会发挥出其最大潜力。也就是说，存在一个本体论框架，在这个框架中，自我的服务与奉献与创造力及自我发展相契合。情爱与圣爱的概念为护士提供了工具，使其能够理解护理工作中的矛盾之处，并在自身工作中找到更多的目标、安宁和力量。对于护理领域而言，情爱与圣爱的概念提供了一条重新定义英雄式服务角色的途径。这样重新定义的角色可能有助于护理工作越来越能回应人类需求的真实状况，从与患者的直接接触到参与国际卫生事务。
