title: The roots of nursing: teaching caring based on Watson.
abstract: Caring is the root of nursing. Therefore, care must be a core component of any nursing programme. Watson (1985) developed 10 carative factors that she considers central to the caring process. These carative factors, which 'form a structure for studying and understanding nursing as the science of caring' (Watson 1985), shaped a unit of study at a School of Nursing in a tertiary institution in Western Australia. This paper describes how Watson's carative factors were used as a framework for teaching caring to Semester I undergraduate students.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maltby
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drury
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fischer-Rasmussen
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*