Integrating caring theory with nursing practice and education: connecting with what matters.
Theory-based nursing practice positively influences many outcomes in healthcare organizations. As a response to limited human and economic resources, a college of nursing and a for-profit healthcare organization worked in partnership to develop a project that focused on developing and demonstrating the value of a dedicated education unit grounded in caring theory. The authors describe the development of the project, initial outcomes, and the relevance to nursing administration.
Dyess
Susan
S
Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. sdyess@fau.edu
Boykin
Anne
A
Rigg
Connie
C
D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D009742:Nursing Theory