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Abstract
This poetic piece explores the lived experience of nursing through vivid moments of care, vulnerability, and human connection. Using imagery and reflection, it captures the physical and emotional demands of the profession: working through fatigue, balancing presence with boundaries, and offering small but profound acts of comfort and kindness. By evoking the sights, sounds, and sensations of nursing practice, the poem conveys the pride, conflict, and meaning found in everyday encounters with patients and families. While the focus of this poetic expression piece is on nursing, this piece can resonate with other health care providers who provide patient facing care and services as appoint of reflection about their own professional lived experiences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
Families Systems & HealthHEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES-PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
CiteScore
1.50
自引率
7.70%
发文量
81
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍：
Families, Systems, & Health publishes clinical research, training, and theoretical contributions in the areas of families and health, with particular focus on collaborative family healthcare.
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