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Caritas Consortium 2013Creating an Educational Curriculum that Embraces Caring

Science

Intent to Contribute Statement:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop an education curriculum at Kaiser Permanente that is based in

Caring Science.

Project Description: The training started with a centering activity that set the tone for the training. The centering

activity allowed participants to be able to focus on the training. During the training there were three Caritas

exercises. The first exercise was comparing and contrasting the differences between caring for a patient where the

nurse is authentically present and has developed a connection versus caring for a patient where there was no

connection and the nurse was not authentically present. The second exercise was having the participants find a

partner. One person in the pair told the other a story for two minutes without interruption. After two minutes the

person who was listening had one minute without interruption to express to his/her partner what they heard and

felt during the story, then the pair had one minute to discuss how close the meaning of the story was conveyed.

After the exercise the whole group discussed how they felt during the exercise and how it can be incorporated into

practice on the units. The last exercise was a discussion on what nurses do for their own self-care during work and

at home.

Project Outcome: The intended outcomes are to introduce Caritas concepts and to start develop a Caring

Consciousness in the frontline nursing staff.

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1 Names as listed in Lotus Notes, otherwise personal e-mails indicated

Keyword TAGs: Identifier

Consortium2013-July, East Bay, Oakland, Poster, Caritas Coach, Patient Care Services

Education & Staff Dev, Self

Descriptor Authentic Listening, Self-Care

Inspired Contributor(s) 1 : Jacqueline Werner – Caritas Coach

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Service Area: East Bay

Medical Center: OAK

Affiliation: PCS

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Year Shared: 2013

Venue: Caritas Consortium

Format: Poster

ID #: n/a

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