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A case study of caring in nursing education

Waterman, Anna M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1178994034

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Educational Policy and Leadership.
The purpose of this case study was to describe a curriculum that teaches caring in the formal, overt curriculum, that is, where caring has been explicitly operationalized in the content and learning experiences of students. Faculty and student perceptions regarding ways of teaching and learning caring were explored and the lived experiences of the students within the caring curriculum described. The focus of this study was to describe how students learn caring during their nursing education. This qualitative case study described one college of nursing in their efforts to teach caring within the context of nursing. The curricular documents were reviewed and a document analysis was done to explain how caring was threaded throughout the formal written curriculum. Caring was threaded throughout the curriculum and was made manifest in every nursing course. Interviews were conducted with 22 faculty and 20 students to describe how the faculty teach caring and how the students learn caring in this curriculum. The research participants were students and faculty involved with the three years of required nursing courses. The teaching of caring in this curriculum was based on Watson’s caring theory and the carative factors. Faculty provided a supportive, caring learning environment and used both classroom and clinical teaching strategies to teach caring within the context of nursing. Faculty and students link caring with holism, critical thinking, and the nursing process. Students explain how they learn caring theory first in the classroom and then learn how to implement caring behaviors and the carative factors in their clinical practice. The students’ ability to articulate caring in the role of the nurse increased with each year of study. Students and faculty in this curriculum believed that the role modeling of caring was significant in the teaching and learning of caring. Giving voice to the caring in the overt curriculum was important for the students as they learned, discussed and reflected on their caring experiences.
Beverly Gordon (Advisor)
321 p.
Case Study; Caring; curriculum; and nursing education

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  • Waterman, A. M. (2007). A case study of caring in nursing education [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1178994034

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Waterman, Anna. A case study of caring in nursing education. 2007. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1178994034.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Waterman, Anna. "A case study of caring in nursing education." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1178994034

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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