Why is Instructor Caring Important?

How wonderful it is to have been cared for by someone in your lifetime.  Someone that has helped shape who you are today.

Nursing is a caring profession, in fact, it has been stated that caring is the essence of nursing.  But those caring qualities do not just appear, they must be learned.   Learning caring can begin in childhood, but those that are not that lucky must learn caring in their adult lives and teachers can have a tremendous impact on this.

Nurses are expected to care for their patients, not only in the sense of their physical state, but also their emotional and mental states.

There are similarities here:  Teachers are expected to teach, and with the right materials can probably get across the information that is needed for the student to learn, but what is most important is the connection that is established between the teacher and the student that makes the difference in their learning.  Just as it is the connection between the nurse and the patient.  If a patient feels a connection with their nurse, their perception of their quality of care increases significantly.  If the student feels a connection with their teacher, their perception of their educational experience is intensified.

Anne Boykin & Savina Schoenhofer established the theory of ““Nursing as Caring” ” and developed a curriculum at Florida Atlantic University which follows the caring principles set forth in this theory.

Dr. Jean Watson has established a website and 10 carative processes that reflect on the importance of caring.

There has to be something significant about caring.  There are sites all over the web that guide how to teach kids how to care.  If caring was natural, why are so many people writing about how to portray caring?