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Embodied Ethics: Phenomenology of the NICU Nurse’s Touch

This study was a phenomenological exploration of the ethics of the nurse’s touch in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). I explore several examples of touching encounters as gathered from NICU nurses through interview and observation, and organize the lived meanings around several thematic state...

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Autor principal: Lemermeyer, Gillian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8438766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34510989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323211005434
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description This study was a phenomenological exploration of the ethics of the nurse’s touch in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). I explore several examples of touching encounters as gathered from NICU nurses through interview and observation, and organize the lived meanings around several thematic statements. These include the learning touch: finding a way to hold the baby, the marking touch: when touch lingers long after physical contact, the missing touch: touching without physical contact, the gnostic touch: the possibility of knowing an other and ourselves, and the call of touch: drawn to hold. Exploring the touching gestures of NICU nurses discloses the relational ethics inherent to caring practices. By attempting to articulate these practices, the hope is that the significance and contribution of the nurse’s touch might be recognized and brought forward to our individual and professional consciousness, conversations, and curricula.
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spelling pubmed-84387662021-09-15 Embodied Ethics: Phenomenology of the NICU Nurse’s Touch Lemermeyer, Gillian Qual Health Res Research Articles This study was a phenomenological exploration of the ethics of the nurse’s touch in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). I explore several examples of touching encounters as gathered from NICU nurses through interview and observation, and organize the lived meanings around several thematic statements. These include the learning touch: finding a way to hold the baby, the marking touch: when touch lingers long after physical contact, the missing touch: touching without physical contact, the gnostic touch: the possibility of knowing an other and ourselves, and the call of touch: drawn to hold. Exploring the touching gestures of NICU nurses discloses the relational ethics inherent to caring practices. By attempting to articulate these practices, the hope is that the significance and contribution of the nurse’s touch might be recognized and brought forward to our individual and professional consciousness, conversations, and curricula. SAGE Publications 2021-09-12 2021-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8438766/ /pubmed/34510989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323211005434 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Lficense (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8438766/
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