Our hands are used constantly in our daily lives. In nursing, we use it to mix a patient's medication, to reposition a sedated and paralyzed patient, to suction down an ETT to relieve SOB, to wipe clean eyes, to help a patient stand up from bed to chair, and to hold a hand when it's needed. My hands are a means to communicate action, intervention, and support. My hands is here to advocate and fight for inequality and uphold social justice. My hands are here. 

Nursing is an engagement between the nurse, nursed and their environment at that point in time, whether it be at the hospital setting or in the community, there is a synchronicity that allows meaningful connection that transcends our current reality (Lim-Saco, Kilat, & Locsin, 2018). The nurse and nursed is actively involved in creating, building, and maintaining the therapeutic relationship in order to fulfill the commitment to contribute to the overall wellbeing of the person (Lim-Saco et al., 2018). This active participation and recognition allows for a dynamic transformation in “real time” and contributes to the overall wellbeing of the persons and transcends the HST (Lim-Saco et al., 2018). The nursing process in engaging with the person’s being then allows the nurse to be dynamically present with the nursed in a technological environment, like ICU, “honours the self and others, sustains human dignity, preserves humanity and upholds human caring through the synchronous symphony of the caring elements” (Lim-Saco et al., 2018, p. 9). 

References

Lim-Saco, F., Kilat, C.M., & Locsin, R. (2018). Synchronicity in human-space-time: A theory of nursing engagement in a global community. International Journal for Human Caring, 22(1): p.1-10.