Date of Paper/Work
5-2018
Type of Paper/Work
Doctor of Nursing Practice Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Emily Nowak
Department/School
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Abstract
Caring is foundational to professional nursing practice and is defined by Simone Roach (2002) as “the locus of all attributes used to describe nursing”. In an increasingly complex healthcare environment, the delivery of nursing care that is centered on caring is fading. Nurse educators are called to address this issue by developing a curriculum that places equal importance on caring and competence in nursing. While creating a curriculum centered on caring, educators must also develop methods to evaluate caring. Within a newly designed Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program with holistic foundations, rubrics were created to evaluate caring and competence for skills requiring validation. In these rubrics, caring is measured by attributes within Simone Roach’s Six Cs, in addition to three supplementary attributes selected by faculty.
Recommended Citation
Magnuson, Erin. (2018). Caring Matters: Creating a Holistic BSN Program and Evaluating Caring in Nursing. Retrieved from Sophia, the St. Catherine University repository website: https://sophia.stkate.edu/dnp_projects/92