Why a strengths-based approach to care? -- What guides practice? -- Values underlying strengths-based nursing care -- What are strengths? Characteristics of strengths -- Essential nurse qualities required for strengths-based care -- Retraining the eight senses for nursing practice -- Nursings professional gaze : observations for clinical judgment and decision making -- Reforming skills of social involvement : attunement, authentic presence, attentive listening, and clinical conversation -- The spiraling process for uncovering and discovering strengths -- Approaches for working with strengths. |