Relationships Between Nurses and Familes

Advances in Nursing Science

    Issue: Volume 22(3), March 2000, pp 89-103
    Copyright: Copyright (C) 2000 by Aspen Publishers, Inc.
    Publication Type: [Healing And Caring]
    ISSN: 0161-9268
    Accession: 00012272-200003000-00008
    Keywords: caregiving, eldercare, feminism, home care, relationships

[Healing And Caring]

Relationships between Nurses and Family Caregivers: Partners in Care?

Ward-Griffin, Catherine RN, PhD; McKeever, Patricia RN, PhD

Author Information
Assistant Professor; Faculty of Health Sciences; University of Western Ontario;
London, Ontario, Canada (Ward-Griffin)

Associate Professor; Faculty of Nursing; University of Toronto; Toronto,
Ontario, Canada (McKeever)

This study was made possible by the following funding resources: Health Canada
(NHRDP) Research Training Award, Canadian Nurses' Foundation Research Grant, and
the Helen Glass Research Award (Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Society, Iota Omicron
Chapter).

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  Outline

    Abstract

    LITERATURE REVIEW

    SHIFTING BOUNDARIES OF CARE

    Theoretical framework

    Sample and method

    The making and breaking of relationships between nurses and family
caregivers

    Nurse-helper relationship

    Worker-worker

    Manager-worker

    Nurse-patient

    DISCUSSION

    Implications for nursing practice

    Implications for research

    CONCLUSION

    REFERENCES

Abstract

Increasing reliance on family care of elderly people at home calls for a
critical analysis of the relationship between formal and informal caregivers.
Although much has been written about how health professionals and family
caregivers should relate to one another, we know very little about the
relationships that develop between them. Using data from a qualitative study,
this article illustrates that relationships between community nurses and family
members caring for frail elders are...