The delivery of person centered nursing care is driven by the person-in-care, likewise, my teaching philosophy is driven by each student and their unique development of life-long learning. Essential competencies in life-long learning of the nursing student are self-care, compassion, purpose, and interdisciplinary team collaboration. By incorporating the core concepts of Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring, a student can begin to develop a sense of self-awareness and how to impart compassionate care through the use of authentic presence.
- Practice of loving-kindness and equanimity – the student will learn to model self-care, treating self and others with respect, genuine concern, kindness and dignity.
- Development of a transpersonal caring relationship – the student will promote intentional human connection with all others by developing and communicating a safe care plan that incorporates the person-in-care’s values, beliefs and what is meaningful to them.
- Authentic presence – the student will seek to work from the person in-care’s subjective frame of reference through non-judgmental and unconditional love and regard, by engaging in genuine teaching-learning experiences that attend to wholeness and meaning, attempting to stay within the person in care’s frame of reference.
- Multiple ways of knowing – the student will participate in collegial/collaborative co-creation with understanding, critical thinking, knowledge, and readiness to learn. The student will help others understand how the person-in-care is thinking about their illness/health and assist that person to formulate and give voice to questions and concerns to ask health care professionals.
By embracing the individuality of each student, as well as technological advances of the generation, it is my responsibility to inspire a transformational learning environment using creative methodology, enthusiasm and levity.
