title: Bearing witness: to promote therapeutic effectiveness.
abstract: This article describes an innovative educational approach to developing soft skills that underpin therapeutic effectiveness and are critical for safe patient care. Called Bearing Witness, it derived from 10 years of partnering with residents of a low-income neighborhood to provide undergraduate nursing students with wellness-focused interviewing experiences that were paradoxically real and simulated.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA. pbminden@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Minden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D054521:Cultural Competency; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013338:Students, Nursing