Abstract
Client-nurse interaction data from taped interviews of 12 holistic nurses in private practice and 18 of their clients were analyzed using the grounded theory method. Analysis focused on the interactional stance of the nurse and the experiential perspective of the client. Mutual connectedness, characterized by intimacy, was identified in holistic therapy. Nursing therapies served as strategies to promote healing processes. Findings that mutual connectedness underlay nursing therapy and occurred under conditions of caring and trust founded an emergent theory. The theory explains interactional processes that facilitate and deter healing in private holistic nursing practice. Application to other areas of nursing is suggested.
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