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Faculty Corner: A Voice from St Catherine University. AHNCC Endorsed Schools e-Newsletter
(2019)
Abstract
St. Catherine University’s newly endorsed AHNCC BSN program has three sections: a day section in the College for Women, an online RN to BSN section, and a new hybrid (online and face-to-face) section in the College for Adults (CfA). Each section has its own template for offering holistic nursing. This widespread holistic emphasis grew through faculty interest, scholarship, and a growing commitment to incorporate holistic theory and practice into the respective BSN curricula.
With the support of the faculty throughout the Department of Nursing, an opportunity arose to design a totally new BSN curriculum in the CfA section. Faculty advocates for the holistic perspective from all program sections and multi-cultural partners from the community came forward to help create and endorse a curriculum grounded in the most up-to-date holistic theory, while simultaneously incorporating contemporary best practices in nursing education. Unitary Human Caring Science (UHCS) emerged from this gathering as the CfA BSN’s theoretical framework. The focus on best nursing educational practices provided the structure within which to embed UHCS and its application across all the new nursing courses.
Disciplines
- Nursing and
- Other Nursing
Publication Date
2019
Citation Information
Joyce B Perkins. "Faculty Corner: A Voice from St Catherine University. AHNCC Endorsed Schools e-Newsletter" (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joyce-perkins/11/