How does the nurse come to know self? Must I like my patients to nurse them? What about nursing a person for whom it is difficult to care? Is it possible to demonstrate caring when nursing someone who is in an unconscious or altered state of awareness?
Boykin and Schoenhofer state \"caring is the intentional and authentic presence of the nurse with another who is recognized as living caring and growing in caring.\" Explore the meaning of the concepts intention and intentionality. Create a definition that reflects your synthesis of the concepts authentic, intention and intentionality in nursing. Is it challenging in today\'s fast paced heath care settings to live the Theory of Nursing as Caring? Has your perspectives of caring changed over time? Are you more caring? less? Can nurses with compassion fatigue care authentically for self and others?
