Caring in nursing: a different interpretationAim. To applyHabermas’ (1995)Theory of Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action to the nurse–patient relationship, offering a different interpretation to the nurse–patient relationship that iscaring in nursing.Rationale. Many authors have described the nurse–patient relationship, but Habermas’ theory synthesizes the components into a complex matrix that iscaring in nursing.Findings. The theory offers three claims to normative validity: the claim to truth which is the factual objective knowledge; the claim to truthfulness which refers to the intrasubjective self; and the claim to right which is the intersubjective interaction. The validity claims explain the patient’s personal and illness self, the nurse’s personal and professional self, and the interaction/discourse. The interaction is situation specific, and is identified as moral because dialogue/discourse requires a ‘considerateness’ of each for the other. ‘Considerateness’ in discourse requires certain rules, including that each participant has an equal voice, be followed in order for the Principle of Universalization to occur. Habermas draws onKohlberg’s (1981), andSelman’s (198
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