Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ656961
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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Reflections on Caring Narratives: Enhancing Patterns of Knowing.
Schaefer, Karen Moore
Nursing Education Perspectives, v23 n6 p286-93 Nov-Dec 2002
Content analysis of 68 caring narratives of nursing graduate students examined context, processes, and fulfillment. Themes were identified: (1) nurses need to care for themselves in order to care for others; (2) emotional attachment has dangers; (3) caring is a moral responsibility; (4) reflections on care teach about caring; and (5) reflection engages one in defining caring. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Nursing Education, Personal Narratives
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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