Vulnerability as a Key to Authenticity

摘要: Purpose: Vulnerability is explored as a human trait that gives nurses an opportunity to engage in authentic nursing. both nurse and patient necessary for the practice of nursing with caring its basic premise. Organizing Framework: Philosophic discourse. Scope: terms traditional connotation existential meaning. Conclusions: To be authentic, must aware their own vulnerability, recognize themselves others, willing enter into mutual vulnerability. If deny vulnerable, they participate humanness are more likely dehumanize others.