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. 2020 Jul;27(3):e12368.
doi: 10.1111/nin.12368.

Losing touch

Marliese Dion Nist  1 , Tondi M Harrison  1 , Judith Tate  1 , Audrey Robinson  1 , Michele Balas  1 , Rita H Pickler  1
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Losing touch

Marliese Dion Nist et al. Nurs Inq. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

The need for human touch is universal among critical care patients and is an important component of the nurse-patient relationship. However, multiple barriers to human touch exist in the critical care environment. With little research to guide practice, we argue for the importance of human touch in the provision of holistic nursing care.

Keywords: critical care; holistic nursing; nurse-patient relations; touch.

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