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In this column a synthetic definition of fairness-unfairness is followed by a situation study involving an exchange between two undergraduate nursing students and their professor. A series of situations unfolds in which the students encounter a refugee and her family as they enter the American healthcare system. Students share their impressions of fairness-unfairness in this family's experiences. The professor interacts with the students to demonstrate the humanbecoming way of being with persons while bearing witness to the choices made in living out their values.
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Attitude of Health Personnel , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/methods , Humanism , Nursing Theory , Students, Nursing/psychology , Humans , Interprofessional Relations , Nurse-Patient Relations , Nursing Education Research , Nursing Methodology ResearchABSTRACT
The history of the nursing profession is still evolving. One-hundred years ago, Nightingale died, leaving a legacy of philosophical cornerstones that still infuses the profession. Her idealism flows through her writings, as fresh today as 150 years ago. The initiatives of nursing today had their roots in Nightingale ideals. The alignment of current trends in nursing with Nightingale constructs is striking. Contemporary nurses are challenged to propel these ideals forward. The author here tracks Nightingale quotes, events, and writings with current initiatives, linking philosophical ideals to practical realities of current nursing practice. Nightingale constructs influencing nursing theories and models are examined.
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Complementary Therapies , Nursing , Terminal Care/organization & administration , Female , History, 20th Century , Humans , Models, Organizational , Pain/drug therapy , Pain/psychologyABSTRACT
Accelerated nursing programs necessitate new learning approaches that challenge stubborn sacred cows because bright second-degree students have high expectations. Myths about nursing education may hinder innovation in accelerated programs. Mezirow's theoretical model of transformational learning provides a framework for streamlining nursing education for second-degree students.
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Attitude , Education, Nursing/organization & administration , Faculty, Nursing , Organizational Culture , Humans , United StatesABSTRACT
An interdisciplinary consortium organized a group to explore the meaning and the future of nursing in South Dakota using scenario planning. This column provides a general description of the four scenarios that emerged, some observations about how they might evolve, comments on their implications, and first-person stories, as told by fictitious residents. The process of scenario planning is connected to nursing science by explicating how five lessons of scenario planning are linked with Parse's human becoming concepts of creative imagining, glimpsing the paradoxical, and affirming personal becoming.
