title: Caring in Nursing Professional Development.
abstract: Caring science has been identified and examined in the discipline of nursing for over 40 years. Within this period, the topic has been analyzed and studied resulting in theories, models, books, and articles published nationally and internationally. Although advancements have been made in caring knowledge development, opportunities to integrate caring science into all aspects of nursing abound, including the specialty of nursing professional development. The focus of this article is to present ways in which nursing professional development specialists may incorporate caring science into practice, using Ray's (2010) Transcultural Caring Dynamics in Nursing and Health Care model as an exceptional exemplar for understanding, awareness, and choice for nurses and patients.
authors.affiliation: Mary Brigid Martin, PhD, RN-BC, CTN-A, is Faculty, Keiser University Graduate School - Nursing, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
authors.forename: Mary Brigid
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*