The quality of the nurse–patient relationship is under threat from the more technical skills the nurse is having to carry out. The relationship has always been regarded as the ‘essential’ aspect of nursing, but is now being ignored in the race to get patients through the system. With the introduction of mobile operating rooms and ‘quick fix’ surgeries, there is a danger that patients will be treated more inhumanely than ever before.
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