Is nurses' self-esteem interwoven with patients' achievements? The concept of patient-invested contingent self-esteem.
Veerle DuprezMaarten VansteenkisteDimitri BeeckmanSofie VerhaegheAnn Van HeckePublished in: Journal of clinical nursing (2019)
To prevent nurses from developing inferior professional feelings when their patients fail to manage their condition, a reflective stance towards the impact of patients' behaviour on the nurses' professional feeling of (in)adequacy is an important step to deal with such situations.