Caring is the Nursing Framework that is used at the College where I teach Nursing Students

As nursing teachers at my College of  Nursing, there is a committment to providing competent and compassionate nursing care to the students. In turn, the students understand the care we give to patients and families who entrust their health to us. Our most important goal is to improved patient outcomes through good mentoring of students. The concept of Caring is the nursing framework that is used at the college. It focuses on the student’s expectation of care and helps nursing teachers meet those expectations in order to allow this framework to influence caring for the patients in the student’s clinical rotation (Gelazis, 1990).

     Although each nurse eventually learns to care for patients in her own way, the college provides a foundation for continuous opportunities for students develop professionally. They learn to become empowered through leadership and over time, becoming authorities for the provision of patients and their caring.

                                                           Reference

G       Gelazis, R.  (1990). Creative Strategies for Teaching Care.  In M. Leininger & J. (Eds.),

         The Caring Imperative in Education (pp. 155-165).  New York: National League for Nursing.
McCance, T. V., McKenna, H. P., & Boore, J. P. (1999). Caring: theoretical perspectives of relevance to nursing. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 30(6), 1388-1395. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01214.x