%0 Journal Article
%T Professional nursesĄŻ experiences of caring for patients in public health clinics in Ekurhuleni, South Africa
%A Charlene Downing
%A Chris Stein
%A Marie Poggenpoel
%A Tintswalo V. Nesengani
%J Archive of "African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine".
%D 2019
%R 10.4102/phcfm.v11i1.1963
%X Caring for patients is the core aspect of nursing and a cornerstone of all nursing duties. Although caring is seen as a critical component of nursing delivery and an essential characteristic of nursing, there seems to be a gap between theory and practice
%K caring
%K professional nurses
%K empowering
%K qualitative research
%K disempowering
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6620550/