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Striking a professional balance: interactions between nurses and their older rural patients
Corbett, Sophie Williams, Fiona
Corbett, Sophie
Williams, Fiona
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2014-04-07
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Close relationships between older adults and their health-care professionals in community settings can enhance wellbeing and support positive health in older age. In rural areas, health-care workers may know their patients socially as well as professionally, and roles are mediated. This article reports the findings from 16 qualitative interviews with older adults and health and social care professionals in rural areas of Wales. The study found that the sharing of non-clinical information in rural home-care situations is both likely and desirable, supporting the sense of social connectedness experienced by the older adult, contributing towards the development of the nurse/carer–client relationship and improving older adult wellbeing. However, it is recognised that there is potential for boundaries to become blurred and, in some situations, nurses and carers may need support to negotiate the divide between appropriate and inappropriate disclosure while maintaining a close relationship with the older adult.
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Corbett, S. & Williams, F. (2014). Striking a professional balance: interactions between nurses and their older rural patients. British Journal of Community Nursing, 19(4): 162-167.
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MA Healthcare
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British Journal of Community Nursing
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10.12968/bjcn.2014.19.4.162
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en
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This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in British Journal of Community Nursing, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/loi/bjcn
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1462-4753