title: The liberal arts and professional nursing: making the connections.
abstract: A liberal education is essential for professional nurses today. "Liberally educated nurses make informed and responsible ethical choices and help shape the future of society as well as the nursing profession" (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 1986, p. 5). At our liberal arts college, through a seminar course taught from a multidisciplinary perspective, students integrate new knowledge from the liberal arts disciplines and from the discipline of nursing with professional nursing practice and with life in contemporary society. Thus, they make the connections between the liberal arts and professional nursing, an essential component of baccalaureate nursing education.
authors.affiliation: Nazareth College of Rochester, NY 14618-3790, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Vande Zande
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000379:methods*; D006809:Humanities / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence