Celebrating a commitment to care: building concernful practices among practitioners.
Caring can be discussed and achieved in a variety of ways within various professional nursing settings. The purpose of our Commitment to Care Celebration was to share common experiences of caring among students, faculty, and staff to build community at a small midwestern college of nursing. The concernful practices of schooling learning teaching were the backbone of designing this caring experience. Narrative pedagogy invited stories of caring among participants in small circular groups to discover what was most important in caring for self and others. This event revealed a true caring experience for students, faculty, and staff, and supported how concernful practices engendered a community of learners.
Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing, PO Box 7005, Broadway at 11th, Quincy, IL 62305-7005, USA. lburke@brcn.edu
Linda L
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Burke
Margaret G
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Williams
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D019359:Knowledge; D009042:Motivation; D033262:Narration; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D012648:Self Care; D012933:Social Identification; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013850:Thinking; D014956:Writing