title: Exploring the concept of caring: novel strategies for a diverse student group.
abstract: Caring for others and being cared for are part of every person s life. People do not care automatically, but learn to care through the caring example of others and who better to teach about the concept of caring than nurses. The author discusses a nursing elective, Concepts in Caring, that is open to all undergraduates in the university. The concepts of caring, health, illness, human need, and human potential are explored in the course using a variety of teaching strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA. AStowe@WCUPA.edu
authors.forename: Ann Coghlan
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Stowe
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009040:Motion Pictures; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000523:psychology; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014956:Writing