Authors

  1. Herbst, Anna M. MSN, RN, CNE, BC
  2. Swengros, Diane I. MSN, RN, BC
  3. Kinney, Gwen MSN, RN, BC

Abstract

Nurse educators assisted the director of professional nursing practice in a large healthcare system to implement a human caring program across 108 nursing units. These educators used transformational learning principles to reunite bedside nurses with the art of caring. Implementation included core content in a 30-minute training session, large-scale leadership conferences, and consistent educator support. Affective growth occurred for both clinicians and educators. The authors provide practical ideas, content, and tools to teach human caring.