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Understanding the Person through Narrative
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Mental health nurses need to know their clients at depth, and to comprehend their social contexts in order to provide holistic care.
Knowing persons through their stories, narratives they tell, provides contextual detail and person-revealing characteristics that make them individuals.
Narratives are an everyday means of communicating experience, and there is a place for storytelling in nearly all cultures.
Thus narrative is a culturally congruent way to ascertain and understand experiences.
This means the nurse should ask questions such as “How did that come about?” versus why questions.
A narrative approach stands in contrast to a yes/no algorithmic process in conversing with clients.
Eliciting stories illustrates the social context of events, and implicitly provides answers to questions of feeling and meaning.
Here we include background on narrative, insights from narrative research, and clinical wisdom in explaining how narratively understanding the person can improve mental health nursing services.
Implications for theory, practice, and research are discussed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hall, Joanne M.& Powell, Jill. 2011. Understanding the Person through Narrative. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hall, Joanne M.& Powell, Jill. Understanding the Person through Narrative. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Hall, Joanne M.& Powell, Jill. Understanding the Person through Narrative. Nursing Research and Practice. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-461081
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-461081