TY - JOUR
T1 - Awareness of self and expanding consciousness
T2 - Using nursing theories to prepare nurse-therapists
AU - Vandemark, Lisa
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Psychotherapy is an accepted role of the advanced practice psychiatric nurse. Nursing theorists, notably Hildegard Peplau and Margaret Newman, offer guidance on the psychological and professional development of the nurse. This paper examines Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness and the concept of awareness of self in Peplau's theory, and suggests that psychiatric advanced practice nursing programs consider the need for nurses to develop self-knowledge to facilitate the nurse-patient relationship and to improve outcomes of patient care in psychotherapy.
AB - Psychotherapy is an accepted role of the advanced practice psychiatric nurse. Nursing theorists, notably Hildegard Peplau and Margaret Newman, offer guidance on the psychological and professional development of the nurse. This paper examines Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness and the concept of awareness of self in Peplau's theory, and suggests that psychiatric advanced practice nursing programs consider the need for nurses to develop self-knowledge to facilitate the nurse-patient relationship and to improve outcomes of patient care in psychotherapy.
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U2 - 10.1080/01612840600642885
DO - 10.1080/01612840600642885
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16923732
AN - SCOPUS:33745713802
SN - 0161-2840
VL - 27
SP - 605
EP - 615
JO - Issues in mental health nursing
JF - Issues in mental health nursing
IS - 6
ER -