Journal of nursing management · 2026
Invisible Care: Nurses' Lived Experiences of How the Practice Environment Shapes Nurse-Patient Relationships.
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Pereira-Sánchez Miriam, Zaragoza-Salcedo Amparo, Vázquez-Calatayud Mónica, Saracíbar-Razquin Maribel
Аннотация
AIM: To explore how the nursing practice environment shapes nurse-patient relationships, identifying key organizational challenges and opportunities for nursing management and policy.
DESIGN: A qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological design was used to explore the lived experiences of nurses in a hospital setting.
METHODS: Data were collected through in-depth, face-to-face interviews and analyzed using Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological method. Data saturation was reached after 20 interviews.
RESULTS: The findings reveal that nurse-patient relationships are fundamentally shaped by organizational and structural conditions that systematically constrain the relational dimension of nursing practice. Nurses experienced a persistent tension between their professional commitment to person-centered care and an organizational context that prioritizes task completion over relational engagement. Five themes were identified: (1) organizational culture fails to adequately recognize the relational essence of nursing; (2) environmental factors constrain team dynamics and nurse-patient relationships; (3) ambiguity in patient assignment undermines continuity of care; (4) limited time availability hinders meaningful patient engagement; and (5) high nurse-patient ratios erode the conditions for relational care.
CONCLUSION: Meaningful nurse-patient relationships are structurally shaped by the practice environment. Strengthening nursing leadership, promoting professional autonomy, and redesigning organizational policies are essential to sustaining person-centered care and improving patient outcomes.
DESIGN: A qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological design was used to explore the lived experiences of nurses in a hospital setting.
METHODS: Data were collected through in-depth, face-to-face interviews and analyzed using Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological method. Data saturation was reached after 20 interviews.
RESULTS: The findings reveal that nurse-patient relationships are fundamentally shaped by organizational and structural conditions that systematically constrain the relational dimension of nursing practice. Nurses experienced a persistent tension between their professional commitment to person-centered care and an organizational context that prioritizes task completion over relational engagement. Five themes were identified: (1) organizational culture fails to adequately recognize the relational essence of nursing; (2) environmental factors constrain team dynamics and nurse-patient relationships; (3) ambiguity in patient assignment undermines continuity of care; (4) limited time availability hinders meaningful patient engagement; and (5) high nurse-patient ratios erode the conditions for relational care.
CONCLUSION: Meaningful nurse-patient relationships are structurally shaped by the practice environment. Strengthening nursing leadership, promoting professional autonomy, and redesigning organizational policies are essential to sustaining person-centered care and improving patient outcomes.