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Using humour to enhance the nurse-patient relationship

26 March 2014

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The appropriate use of humour is a valuable asset in nursing practice. Used daily in interactions with patients, humour can help to develop the therapeutic...

Volunteering: serious fun

01 April 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

We all enjoy a good laugh and research is beginning to prove that laughter is good for us (Hoare 2004/05). Researchers at the University of California studying...

You must be joking

23 April 2008

Nursing Standard

Feature

Everyone likes a good laugh but is it appropriate to use humour with patients? The topic will be a matter for discussion at next week’s RCN congress.

Dying art

14 November 2007

Nursing Standard

News

Working in a hospice gives nurses the opportunity to make patients’ end of life peaceful, dignified and pain free.