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It may now uncertain if love in nursing is an essential part of care, or supererogatory and additional to a paid duty of care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Research aim<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A study was conducted to investigate hospital nurses\u2019 experiences of providing end-of-life care. A core theme from the study was the nurse\u2019s expression of love. This article reports on this outcome and aims to provide clarity regarding the current nature of love in nurses\u2019 care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Research design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Interpretative phenomenology was used to explore hospital nurses\u2019 experiences of providing end-of-life care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants and research context<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>6 UK registered nurses with experience of hospital end-of-life care took part.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Ethical considerations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ethical approval was gained before commencing the study. All participants consented to take part.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The nurses\u2019 end-of-life care actions were done willingly with goodness, selflessness, sometime courage, placing others before themselves and going beyond their duty of care. As a consequence, their love is universal and not bound by a professional care ethic but given freely of themselves as a gift.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The nurses\u2019 action described love as both agape and eros suggesting a universal love. This was suggested a love not bound by a professional care ethic but one given freely of themselves as a gift.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A contemporary view of love in nursing care is presented; when caring for dying vulnerable people in hospital, the value of love for another person is prevalent in the nursing care provided. 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