Revitalizing the humanistic imperative in nursing education.
This article describes a teaching strategy that focuses students' attention on the humanistic imperative in nursing practice. The Humanistic Teaching Method provides a framework for adapting nursing courses to accommodate person-to-person, human-centered nursing care alongside scientific and technological competencies. Through this approach, students integrate concepts such as humanism, existentialism, and phenomenology into patient interactions. In addition to producing a favorable effect on patients and colleagues, this approach contributes to personal gratification in making a difference in the lives of others. Pedagogical strategies currently in use may need to be modified to accommodate the humanistic conceptual framework.
Kleiman
Susan
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Department of Nursing, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, USA. susan.kleiman@lehman.cuny.edu
D000533:Altruism; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D005086:Existentialism; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009519:New York City; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration; D013850:Thinking