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The field of nursing is built upon a strong moral and ethical foundation, with an emphasis on providing听and valuing compassionate human care. The 91制片厂鈥檚 has strengthened its commitment to this philosophy by becoming a National Caring Science Academic Affiliate System of the Watson Caring Science Institute (WCSI).

WCSI is an international non-profit organization that advances the philosophies, theories and practices of human caring and caring science. Focusing on research, education, praxis, leadership and legacy, WCSI aims to widen the development and understanding of caring science to advance quality care and foster healing environments.

"Faculty, staff and students, as well as our communities and patients, will greatly benefit from all that the WCSI affiliation offers to enhance the implementation of caring science in our classrooms and daily lives."

As one of only four higher education Affiliates, the designation recognizes 91制片厂 as a pioneering academic institution that is committed to fully incorporating and providing caring science practices to its nursing students and听to the community.听

鈥淥ur approach to caring science has traditionally had a strong focus on what might be considered to be the traditional听curative factors of healthcare,鈥� says Gene Harkless, associate professor and chair of 91制片厂鈥檚 department of nursing. 鈥淲ith our renewed commitment to the caring sciences,听we have now strengthened our focus on the听essential dimensions of what we call 'carative'听factors.鈥澨�

This approach to nursing practice is centered on the听subjective healing processes and the life-world of clients and families. Using knowledge from the sciences, humanities and arts, caring science merges the philosophy and theory of human caring with the cure orientation of medicine. This conceptual model, says Harkless, 鈥済ives nursing its unique disciplinary, scientific and professional standing, offering a powerful therapeutic lens and skill set.鈥澨� 听

Jean Watson, the founder of WCSI, has been an influential nurse leader for more than 40 years.听Her caring philosophy has been used to guide transformative models of caring and healing practices for听large clinical systems including Stanford Health Care, Trinity Health and Cedars Sinai. WCSI now has more than 400 hospital Affiliates throughout the United States, and is growing.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the department of nursing began to integrate听the theory of caring science in its foundational nursing course, at the same time incorporating the notion of self-care

among听students. 鈥淭here is no better time for nurses to be able to care for themselves, and each other,鈥� says Harkless. 鈥淚n order to care for others you have to care for yourself. It鈥檚 a philosophy that really resonates across industries.鈥澨�

To that end, the recently completed听Health Sciences Simulation Center features a self-preservation space, which the nursing department has dubbed the 鈥淶en Den.鈥� It鈥檚 a private room听where faculty听and听staff can rejuvenate and refresh.

鈥淭he Zen Den provides department faculty and staff a healing space to cultivate reflective, self-care practices鈥� says Angela Braswell, clinical assistant professor of nursing at 91制片厂. 鈥淚t is extremely important for nurses to care for themselves, and this private and quiet space allows us to do that, and model self-care for our students.鈥�

Braswell, along with clinical associate professor of nursing Cathleen Colleran, completed WCSI鈥檚 Caritas Coach Education Program庐 which provides participants with the tools and skills to help translate and live-out the theory and philosophy of human caring-healing. Caritas coaches are integral to the infusion of human caring practices into student learning, and serve as faculty coaches for students as well as ambassadors for the theory of caring science.

鈥淗aving Caritas coaches in the nursing program further deepens the department of nursing鈥檚 commitment to its Affiliate designation,鈥� says Colleran. 鈥淥ur faculty, staff听and students, as well as our communities and patients, will greatly benefit from all that the WCSI affiliation offers to enhance our implementation of caring science in our classrooms and daily lives.鈥�

Beginning this fall, the department of nursing will formally integrate caring science into the nursing curricula and begin sharing caring science concepts across the 91制片厂 campus community, as well as offer caring science events and workshops throughout the New England region for academic institutions and clinical practice partners.

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