When the nursing dialogue is genuinely intersubjective, it has a kind of _synchronicity_ that is evident in the nurse's being with and doing with the patient. This kind of timing is related to the transactional character of nursing and to its goal of nurturing the development of human potential. It is experienced in openness, availability, and presence, as well as in nursing care activities. The nurse feels in harmony with the rhythm of the dialogue and, sensing the timing of its flow, she paces her call and response to patient's ability to call and respond in that moment. So, as a nurse, you may find yourself almost unconsciously or intuitively waiting, holding back, anticipating, urging the patient. This kind of synchronization or timing is intersubjective for the clues or reasons for encouraging or waiting are not found solely in the patient's behavior nor only in the nurse's knowledge or experience. "Good" or "right" timing somehow involves the "between." It implies that nurse and patient share not only clock time but private, lived time. Space By exploring the dialogue of nursing as it is lived in the real world the factor of space becomes apparent. Here again the dialogue is influenced by space as it is measured and space as it is experienced by nurse and patient. When thinking of health care facilities, "space" may be synonymous with such things as beds, waiting rooms, interview rooms, treatment areas, size of patient's room, visiting areas, a quiet place, a private place. Naturally, the physical setting, whether in a hospital, home, anywhere in the community, can serve to enhance or impede the nursing dialogue. However, the person's experience of the space may be even more important. Space is lived in terms of large and small, far and near, long and short, high and deep, above and below, before and behind, left and right, across, all {35} around, empty, crowded. These perceptions and experiences of space may be influenced by the effects of illness, for example, changes in vision or locomotor ability. Thus, a patient's spatial world may change, expand or diminish, become unmanageable or manageable day by day. Furthermore, a patient's attitude toward and experience of a particular place may be affected by his mental association to it (for example, oncology ward, psychiatric unit), his previous experience in it (for example, emergency room, operating room), or a desire to be somewhere else (for example, "This is a nice hospital but I'd rather be home").