Creating a healing environment: an innovative educational approach for adopting Jean Watson'sTheory of Human Caring.
Current focus on empirical data and evidence-driven nursing practice highlights the need to re-examine the importance of nursing theory to guide practice. The purpose of this article is to describe the rationale, approach, and outcomes of an innovative educational approach to teaching Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring.
Caruso
Eva M
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Critical Care, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona 85054, USA. Caruso.eva@mayo.edu
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009742:Nursing Theory; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D015397:Program Evaluation