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.

Perceptions of Caring Behavior Among Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Three-Cohort Observational Study

“…10 Nurses' expressions of care perceived by patients are related to patient wellbeing and satisfaction as well as quality of care. [11][12][13][14] The increase in knowledge of "caring science" among professional nurses 15 and nursing students plays a key role in ensuring a correct caring behavior towards patients. [15][16][17][18][19] Therefore, the study of nursing theories, 6 the learning of ethics and caring, 12 as well as the students' selfassessments on caring behavior give value and usefulness to the university curriculum.…”

“…[11][12][13][14] The increase in knowledge of "caring science" among professional nurses 15 and nursing students plays a key role in ensuring a correct caring behavior towards patients. [15][16][17][18][19] Therefore, the study of nursing theories, 6 the learning of ethics and caring, 12 as well as the students' selfassessments on caring behavior give value and usefulness to the university curriculum. 20 In university education, learning and teaching caring require considerable efforts; therefore, the nursing study program must be flexible and dynamic and, in accordance with guidelines, 21 applying various strategies of learning and assessment of educational processes.…”

Commonalities in Nursing Perspectives Among 6 Countries/Regions

“…Also, some scholars highlighted "a practice-oriented discipline" as a major characteristic of nursing perspectives. [5][6][7] Other scholars claimed nursing's caring aspects [8][9][10] and health-oriented views as nursing perspectives. 1 All these characteristics are reflected in the themes of "care-oriented holistic views," "ethical and humane perspectives," and "respecting and advocating.…”

“…After retrieving the literature, they reviewed the retrieved articles in terms of the findings related to nursing perspectives by initial categories on the characteristics of nursing perspectives from existing literature (eg, human being as a whole, practice-oriented, health careoriented, caring). The initial categories were set by the lead author based on a review of 10 existing book chapters and articles related to nursing perspectives, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] and the categories were revised on the basis of the feedbacks from the remaining authors. Then, individual leaders extracted the necessary findings in a table from their literature reviews to answer the question on what nursing perspectives meant in their own countries/regions.…”

“…[5][6][7] Other scholars have focused on the caring aspects of nursing to define its perspective. [8][9][10] Other scholars have also highlighted the properties of nursing as a health-oriented discipline. 1 Despite all these efforts, a unified definition of a nursing perspective has not been made, but a nursing perspective has always been chosen and used in theory development and research efforts in nursing.…”