Care Groups: a model to mentor novice nursing students.
To lessen anxiety and promote the acquisition of basic skills and professional values in novice students, faculty incorporated special groups, called Care Groups, in the curriculum. Care Groups promote caring relationships. They help students to succeed by decreasing their apprehension and anxiety when demonstrating basic nursing skills in a laboratory environment. The authors discuss the structure and process of Care Groups and the faculty's role as mentor.
Pullen
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Nursing Resource Center, Computer Testing Center, Amarillo College, TX 79178, USA. Pullen-rl@actx.edu
Murray
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McGee
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology*; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*