Å gå med i pasienten si livsverd. Tankar omkring ei sjukepleieforteljing
Sammanfattning
Based on a nursing experience from a Norwegian local hospital, we reflect onthe personal
narrative in the story presented as well as onessential caring near the end of life. Important
questions are: What will the challenging tasks be in nursingfollowing a patient ´s life world?Howdoes
such a practice and way of being in the worldaffect the relationship between nurse and patient? The
focus of discussion is how a nurse possibly can be open, receiving and personal connected, and
through such a practice be able tosupport patients tolive their lives in spite of life threatening
illness.The authors emphasize the existential dimensions of the relationship between a nurse and a
patient. The nurse can support her patients to express themselves in many different ways, in her
communication. For this to happen depends on the nurse ´s ability to be open and personally present
in her meeting with the patient.