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ADVANCES IN NURSING SCIENCE
Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages E46-E56Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000293
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interviews; nurses; patient-nurse relationship; phenomenology; workforce issue
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Patients' vulnerability is a core concern in nursing. However, the nurse's endeavor to succeed may precipitate her vulnerability. Involving master students, 14 nurses' experiences of vulnerability in their professional roles were explored with a descriptive phenomenological approach. Vulnerability among nurses showed to be a latent feeling that manifests via bodily reactions including being overwhelmed by one's feelings and struggling to avoid being hurt. These experiences were evident in situations with patients and relatives, but also coworkers and working conditions, the latter suggests that the exposure of vulnerability may be possible to reduce by organizational awareness.
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