J Nurs Educ
-
Caring is an essential component in nursing that must be affirmed and nurtured. A National League for Nursing resolution in 1990 called for the incorporation of caring in nursing curriculum. Kelley's (1992) study of the major influences on senior nursing students' professional self-concept concluded that faculty were the dominant role models for caring. ⋯ The results indicate that the participants perceived caring as recognition of their unique individuality and the sharing and giving of self and time by the faculty. Some unusual responses, deemed to be "positive-negatives" by the authors, are apparently unique to students at this entry level. The knowledge acquired in this study could be utilized by nursing faculty in order to reinforce or enrich caring interactions with students.
-
Caring outcomes in practice depend on a caring teaching-learning process. A transformation in thinking and practice in nursing education, that is congruent with the values of caring is essential to develop the kind of nurses that are needed in today's health care system. ⋯ Watson's carative factors (1988) and Carper's ways of knowing (1978) were utilized as a framework to develop caring strategies to awaken a caring-consciousness among the students. The goals of the project were to provide a caring space for students to dialogue and share their stories and to experience themselves as caring and cared for; and to value and practice caring by implementing creative, knowledgeable, intentional actions for the ultimate good of the patient.