This article presents an exercise in applied narratology within the context of intensive care nursing, specifically the writing of diaries by nurses for patients to fill in memory gaps and alleviate trauma. The article discusses narrative from three perspectives: (1) as nursing practice, resulting in patient diaries with narrative characteristics and purposes; (2) as analysis of this practice, in a study coupling narrative and nursing theory and practice; and (3) as the application of narratological concepts into practice through dialogues with nurses, with the aim of transferring insights gained from the analysis and enabling nurses’ reflection on their positions, practices and power as narrators for patients. The article argues that narratology can be operationalized for nursing work, and there are compelling reasons for why it should, which necessitate methodological reflexivity and mutual curiosity, trust, and learning, and considerations about how far the remit of the narratologist, as a non-expert, extends.

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将叙事学应用于护理实践


本文介绍了重症监护护理背景下的应用叙事学练习，特别是护士为患者撰写日记以填补记忆空白和减轻创伤。本文从三个角度讨论了叙事：（1） 作为护理实践，导致具有叙事特征和目的的患者日记;（2） 作为对这种实践的分析，在一项将叙事和护理理论与实践相结合的研究中;（3） 通过与护士的对话，将叙事概念应用于实践，目的是传递从分析中获得的见解，并使护士能够反思他们作为患者叙述者的地位、实践和权力。文章认为，叙事学可以用于护理工作，并且有令人信服的理由来解释为什么它应该这样做，这需要方法论的反身性和相互的好奇心、信任和学习，并考虑叙事学家作为非专家的职权范围有多大。