Cultivating caring behaviors in nursing academia during the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT

@#The imposition of community quarantine due to COVID-19 transformed nursing campuses from traditional teaching and learning to flexible learning and distance teaching. The shift in the approach is a big challenge because teaching caring behaviors often require face-to-face patient interactions. This research note presents teaching and learning strategies in cultivating caring behaviors in nursing academia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journals articles were read to identify teaching and learning strategies in cultivating caring behaviors. Strategies identified include simulation-based learning, advocacy, professional mentoring, and service-learning. Nursing is caring; despite the limitations posed by this pandemic, there are available teaching and learning strategies to cultivate caring behaviors. Considering the current context, flexibility, sensibility, and equity in teaching and learning should be of prime concern.