[15] Nietzsche, The Philosophy of Nietzsche, p. 441.
[16] Buber, The Knowledge of Man, Appendix, p. 168.
[17] Wilfrid Desan, Planetary Man (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1972), p. 77.
[18] Josephine G. Paterson, "Echo into Tomorrow: A Mental Health Psychiatric Philosophical Conceptualization of Nursing" (D.N.Sc. dissertation, Boston University, 1969).
{113}
APPENDIX
NURSE BEHAVIORS EXTRACTED FROM CLINICAL DATA
In pursuing the idea of conceptualizing comfort as a proper aim of psychiatric nursing I extracted 12 nurse behaviors from my clinical data that were used repeatedly to increase patient comfort. I quantified these behaviors for two months. The following are a list of these behaviors with a representative example of all but the first. The first was too general and continuous for example.
1. I focused on recognizing patients by name, being certain I was correct about their names, and using their names often and appropriately. I also introduced myself. Names were viewed as supportive to the internalization of personal feelings of dignity and worth.
2. I interpreted, taught, and gave as much honest information as I could about patients' situations when it was sought or when puzzlement was apparent. This was based on the belief that it was their life, and choice was their prerogative since they were their own projects.