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Positivity is contagious

Positivity is contagious wellness mention Implementing caring behaviors for students in a COVID-19 era By Maureen Hermann, DNP, RN The concept of caring is a vital element methods for students under the umbrella to every interaction within the nursing of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a profes- community. Caring behaviors provide sor to 55 sophomores taking nursing comfort, invoke positive relationships, fundamentals, I had to shift my methods and preserve dignity and humanity for of teaching due to the necessary pan- all. Aligning with theorist Patricia Ben- demic precautions. Before the pandemic, ner, caring actions help others to cope in students would be very active, loud, and 1,2 times of need. According to American excited to begin their first nursing class. nurse and theorist Jean Watson, the con- Instead, on the first day of the fall 2021 se- cept of “caring” changes one’s focus on mester, my student’s smiles were hidden nursing; caring behaviors not only help behind masks, students were social dis- those being cared for, but they can also tancing within the auditorium, and there become “positively contagious” to others was silence. Because their freshman year participating and learning throughout the had been online, many students had be- journey. This article http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! Wolters Kluwer Health

Positivity is contagious

Hermann, Maureen
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! , Volume 21 (3) – May 1, 2023
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wellness mention Implementing caring behaviors for students in a COVID-19 era By Maureen Hermann, DNP, RN The concept of caring is a vital element methods for students under the umbrella to every interaction within the nursing of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a profes- community. Caring behaviors provide sor to 55 sophomores taking nursing comfort, invoke positive relationships, fundamentals, I had to shift my methods and preserve dignity and humanity for of teaching due to the necessary pan- all. Aligning with theorist Patricia Ben- demic precautions. Before the pandemic, ner, caring actions help others to cope in students would be very active, loud, and 1,2 times of need. According to American excited to begin their first nursing class. nurse and theorist Jean Watson, the con- Instead, on the first day of the fall 2021 se- cept of “caring” changes one’s focus on mester, my student’s smiles were hidden nursing; caring behaviors not only help behind masks, students were social dis- those being cared for, but they can also tancing within the auditorium, and there become “positively contagious” to others was silence. Because their freshman year participating and learning throughout the had been online, many students had be- journey. This article

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Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: May 1, 2023

References

  • The development of nurses' individualized care perceptions and practices: Benner's novice to expert model perspective
  • Nursing administration: Watson's theory of human caring
  • COVID-19: an organizational-theory-guided holistic self-caring and resilience project
  • Caring science education: measuring nurses' caring behaviors
  • Creating a culture of care in nursing education