INTERSUBJECTIVITY, SOCIAL MICROCOSM, AND THE HERE-AND-NOW IN A SUPPORT GROUP FOR NURSES

Intersubjectivity, a concept from Watson's nursing model is interwoven with the group dynamics of social microcosm and the here-and-now. Exa mples from a graduate nursing student's clinical experience illustrate the application of a transpersonal dynamic, formerly associated with dyads, to interactions between a nurse and a support group. A psychiat ric consultation liaison nurse specialist student facilitates a suppor t group for registered nurses in a neurological intensive care unit, i n response to a group-perceived need to improve communications between nurses, nurses and patients, and nurses and physicians. Discovery and processing of hidden anger and pain activates healing for these nurse s. Copyright (C) 1996 by W.B. Saunders Company