title: How to teach human caring: nurse educator role in transformational learning for a large healthcare system.
abstract: Nurse educators assisted the director of professional nursing practice in a large healthcare system to implement a human caring program across 108 nursing units. These educators used transformational learning principles to reunite bedside nurses with the art of caring. Implementation included core content in a 30-minute training session, large-scale leadership conferences, and consistent educator support. Affective growth occurred for both clinicians and educators. The authors provide practical ideas, content, and tools to teach human caring.
authors.affiliation: Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia 22304, USA. anna.herbst@inove.org
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Herbst
authors.forename: Diane I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Swengros
authors.forename: Gwen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kinney
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007857:Leadership; D007858:Learning; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010045:Outpatients; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011364:Professional Practice; D011582:Psychological Theory; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*