Abstract
This article reports on one aspect of a phenomenological study of everyday experience in nursing and how it contributes to the development of nursing expertise. The study was carried out with 10 'excellent, experienced' surgical ward sisters in two Scottish teaching hospitals. The ward sisters were found to help individual patients towards recovery by making the ward work for all. When moment-by-moment nursing practice, the context of nursing experience, is examined, it is found to be patient-centred and complex, geared towards multilayered goals. Three distinct yet inextricably intertwined processes--noticing, understanding and acting--characterize how nurses practise nursing. The quality of these processes contributes to the effectiveness of nurses' caring practices. The 'little things' of nursing practice make a difference to patients because they are imbued with nursing knowledge and skill.
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