The Caring Ethic: More Than Kindness, the Core of Nursing Science

A contemporary dilemma in nursing is the order to care in a society that refuses to value caring. The authors analyze the historical creation of this dilemma and its consequences for nursing. In addition, they explore the meaning of the concept of caring from a nursing perspective, along with the impact of technology on patients, providers, and caring. Finally, a framework and strategies for the promotion of caring within the discipline of nursing are presented.     

Creating a healing environment: an innovative educational approach for adopting Jean Watson'sTheory of Human Caring

Current focus on empirical data and evidence-driven nursing practice highlights the need to re-examine the importance of nursing theory to guide practice. The purpose of this article is to describe the rationale, approach, and outcomes of an innovative educational approach to teaching Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring.     

Caring for Street Youth: A Nursing Challenge

The Advocate is a forum for exploring our roles as advocates for the children and families we serve.     

Emancipatory pedagogy in nursing education: a dialectical analysis.

Over the past 2 decades there has been a call for a new paradigm in nursing education that will liberate teachers and students from the authoritarian constraints of behaviourist models of nursing education. Different conceptions of emancipatory pedagogy in nursing education have been set forth, resulting in a diverse and fragmented understanding of it. The purpose of this study was to render this diversity of opinion more intelligible by constructing, from the literature, controversies concerning its existence, nature, and worth. The philosophic dialectic method developed by Adler was utilized. Four conceptualizations of emancipatory pedagogy were identified--teaching that functions to: (1) foster critical thinking, (2) construct egalitarian relations of power, (3) increase awareness of systematic gender-based injustices, and (4) transform oppressive social structures within the larger social context of nursing. Common to all is the notion that emancipatory pedagogy functions as a political endeavour to free nurses from oppression. Key points of agreement and disagreement (issue) among authors were identified for each conceptualization, laying the groundwork for future dialogue and debate.     

Interprofessional Pain Curriculum for an Academic Health Science Center

AIMThe aim of this project is to develop a comprehensive pain curriculum to educate a diverse group of students across health care disciplines who care for those in pain. The outcome goals for participants of this educational program are to have increased knowledge and skills associated with the management of pain. This poster will describe the process of team development, development of the grant proposal, conducting a gap analysis, designing and developing the content of the program, and finally the integration of technology as we prepare for program delivery.METHODSThe team developing the program include representatives from the disciplines of nursing, physical therapy, social work, and psychology. The curriculum is based on the Interprofessional Pain Curriculum developed by the International Association for the Study of Pain. Holographic technology will be used to optimize participant engagement and interest. Additional modes of content delivery include synchronous video meetings, asynchronous discussions, and the use of case studies in both modes, all completed in multidisciplinary teams.RESULTSContent has been developed and loaded into a Canvas course shell. Delivering parts of the program via hologram technology will be recorded within the next 3 months.CONCLUSIONSThis content will be delivered to student groups in the Spring 2023 semester during an Interprofessional Education (IPE) event focused on the management of pain. Health disciplines represented at the IPE event will include Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, and Pharmacy. Outcome assessments related to knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about pain from IPE participants will be collected. Based on that data, further tweaking of the education program will be considered.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThis project was made possible through funding from the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation, Grant number: AWD00001443