Part I. Considerations -- 1. Nursing as a human relationship -- 2. Understanding the nature and effects of nursing -- Part II. Stories -- 3. Andrew's nurse-patient interactions -- 4. Elizabeth's nurse-patient interactions -- 5. Jane's nurse-patient interactions -- 6. Peter's nurse-patient interactions -- 7. Sally's nurse-patient interactions -- 8. Sue's nurse-patient interactions -- Part III. Meanings -- 9. Ordinariness in nursing -- 10. A redefinition of nursing