Why rapport matters: Building the nurse-patient relationship
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Why rapport matters: Building the nurse-patient relationship

Helen Quinn Health journalist

Workplace pressures can erode time spent with patients, but the therapeutic relationship is what advocacy and shared decision-making are built on

Even in a post-pandemic NHS littered with challenges, most would agree that the nurse-patient relationship is crucial to good nursing care.

Nursing Standard. 37, 8, 39-42. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.8.39.s17

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