Palliative Care Nursing as Mindfulness: Embodying a Relational Ethic through Strong Emotion, Uncertainty and Death

Mindfulness in palliative care nursing practice is explored through conversations with nurses, integrating literature across nursing, sociology, and contemplative scholarship. Stories from nurses show how they are guided into action through connection with their bodies and how systemic forces affect their engagement with mindfulness. The book offers insight into approaches for nurses to care for themselves and others with mindfulness and compassion, making it a timely resource for qualitative researchers studying emotionally sensitive topics.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 134 pages
Publication date: 27 May 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Nurses frequently discuss mindfulness, but what does it actually entail in real-world situations? This book invites readers to engage in a conversation to examine how mindfulness affects palliative care nurses' approaches to self-care and caring for others through their experiences of living and dying. The objective is not to avoid caring in challenging situations but to understand how nurses navigate them directly. The intensity of palliative care nursing practice emerges, with nurses calling out from the shadows and their bodies. The text integrates literature from nursing, sociology, and contemplative scholarship, featuring evocative stories from palliative care nurses that demonstrate how they are guided into action through their connection with their bodies. In some instances, stories illustrate how nurses pause and employ various somatic practices to untangle entanglements that touch upon their own humanity. These stories also provide insights into how systemic forces, across educational and organizational institutions, either enhance or constrain the way nurses engage mindfulness as a relationally embodied ethic of care. This insightful volume is not a how-to guide but rather a timely resource exploring approaches for palliative care nurses to care for themselves and others with mindfulness and compassion. Those seeking nuanced perspectives, particularly those working in palliative care, will find this book invaluable.

Weight: 264g
Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032269627