Abstract
In this essay, the concept of relational practice and its relevance to nursing will be analyzed; a personal experience of nurse-patient interaction will be described; relational practice will be applied as a lens to analyze my episode of nurse-patient interaction; other concepts, including culture and cultural safety, will be integrated into the discussion; and, finally, the implications of relational practice for my future practice will be explored.
Highlights
In this essay, the concept of relational practice and its relevance to nursing will be analyzed; a personal experience of nurse-patient interaction will be described; relational practice will be applied as a lens to analyze my episode of nurse-patient interaction; other concepts, including culture and cultural safety, will be integrated into the discussion; and, the implications of relational practice for my future practice will be explored
Multifaceted contextual factors are shaping current nursing practice, and relational inquiry can enhance the capability of nurses to meet the challenges and provide health care of high quality
The concept of relational practice is based on a critique of the influence of liberal political ideology on nursing science and practice [1]
Summary
The concept of relational practice and its relevance to nursing will be analyzed; a personal experience of nurse-patient interaction will be described; relational practice will be applied as a lens to analyze my episode of nurse-patient interaction; other concepts, including culture and cultural safety, will be integrated into the discussion; and, the implications of relational practice for my future practice will be explored. Relational nursing practice is an understanding of patients’ health care needs within complicated contexts, in which patients experience health care and nurses deliver nursing care [3]. From the perspective of relational practice, nurses exam how personal capacities and socioeconomic limitations impact on live experience of patients, decision making, and management of their health care.
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