Introduction
Healthcare-related occupations have always been crucial to maintaining a healthy and happy society worldwide. All professions in the healthcare system, especially nursing positions, require knowledge about principles of caring because medical workers communicate with people needing special treatment. Nonetheless, the definition of “caring” remains vague, which makes medical worker-patient and nursing teacher-student relationships unfruitful. This post provides a description of caring that aligns with my perspective on it and how caring will be applied in nursing education.
Discussion
Caring is an essential framework that underlies doctor-nurse-patient and teacher-student relationships. When connections between the parties mentioned above are based on caring, all sides of the relationship act out of moral intentions and bring respectful, fruitful outcomes. A study by Saleihan et al. (2017) also approves that caring shall be provided mutually in teacher-student and medical worker–patient relationships. The study mentions what attributes of caring are expected by a teacher, namely a “caring atmosphere through developing ethical values, flexibility, and dynamicity, as well as using objective learning patterns” (Saleihan et al., 2017, p. 1). In addition, Saleihan et al. (2017) wrote that students are expected to show active participation in the learning process and discussion of the studied material with peers and educators. Employing caring and its principles in nursing education will improve the healthcare system. The caring principle that, for instance, can be used in nursing education is developing ethical values. As an example, a nurse educator who teaches nurses who newly acquired their certificates can use that principle to establish the proper virtues in students. Virtues obtained at the beginning of a career will stay with students for a long time and help them make the right decisions and solutions at work.
Conclusion
To conclude, the concept of caring is defined as a framework for fruitful relationships between all parties in the healthcare system. The principle of developing morally good habits in students is an example of attributes that can be applied in nursing educator careers. Nonetheless, it is crucial to create all principles of caring when working as a nurse educator.
Reference
Salehian M., Heydari A., Aghebati N., & Moonaghi H.K. (2017). Faculty-student caring interaction in nursing education: An integrative review. Journal of Caring Sciences 6(3), 257-267.