Basic Concepts

Suffering, which is "an experience that varies in intensity, duration and depth...a feeling of unease, ranging from mild, transient mental, physical or mental discomfort to extreme pain...."
Meaning, which is the reason attributed to a person
Nursing, which helps a person find meaning in the experience of illness and suffering; has a responsibility to help people and their families find meaning; and the nurse's spiritual and ethical choices, and perceptions of illness and suffering, which are crucial to help patients find meaning.
Hope, which is a faith that can and will be a change that would bring something better with it. Six important characteristics of hope are: dependence on other people, future orientation, escape routes, the desire to complete a task or have an experience, confidence that others will be there when needed, and the acknowledgment of fears and moving forward towards its goal.

Six characteristics of hope are:

1. It is strongly associated with dependence on other people.

2. It is future oriented.

3. It is linked to elections from several alternatives or escape routes out of its situation.

4. The desire to possess any object or condition, to complete a task or have an experience.

5. Confidence that others will be there for one when you need them.

6. The hoping person is in possession of courage to be able to acknowledge its shortcomings and fears and go forward towards its goal.

Communication, which is "a strict necessity for good nursing care."
Self-therapy, which is the ability to use one's own personality consciously and in full awareness in an attempt to establish relatedness and to structure nursing interventions. This refers to the nurse's presence physically and psychologically.
Targeted intellectual approach by the nurse toward the patient's situation.