Caring Sciences, Åbo Akademi University, Strandgatan, Vasa, Finland (Ms Tolmunen and Drs Santamäki Fischer and Vaartio-Rajalin); and Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Linnaeus Väg, Umeå, Finland (Dr Lämås).
Holist Nurs Pract. 2024;38(5):304-312. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000496. Epub 2024 Aug 16.
The aim of the study was to describe nurses' experiences of touch and especially touch when assisting older adult patients in hospital context. The interviewed nurses described 2 ways of assisting by touch: striving to be present and not being there. This study shows that touching and assisting by touch can constitute the core of the act of holistic caring in nursing, in which the most important content is a real encounter with the patient.
本研究旨在描述护士在医院环境中触摸老年患者的体验，尤其是触摸的体验。接受采访的护士描述了通过触摸进行协助的 2 种方式：努力在场和不在场。本研究表明，触摸和通过触摸进行协助可以构成护理整体关怀行为的核心，其中最重要的内容是与患者进行真正的接触。
