Nursing Care Based on Story Theory

The nursing profession aims to provide quality, efficient, and effective care to individuals. Toward this, nurses should use significant nursing theories to provide the desired care and ensure the professionalization and continuous improvement of the profession. One of these theories is the story theory. The story theory focuses on the communication between the nurse and the patient. This theory aims to enable the patients to tell their complicating health challenges through intentional nurse–patient dialogue. There are three basic concepts in the story theory: intentional dialogue, connecting with self-in-relation, and creating ease. It provides nursing care through the storyplot method and 7 inquiry phases.