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Caring within nursing education: a metasynthesis.

C T Beck1

  • 1University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs 06269-2026, USA.

The Journal of Nursing Education
|April 17, 2001
PubMed
Summary

This meta-synthesis of 14 qualitative studies identified five core themes of caring in nursing education: presencing, sharing, supporting, competence, and uplifting. These findings offer insights for fostering caring communities in nursing education.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education Research
  • Qualitative Research Synthesis

Background:

  • Qualitative research on caring in nursing education was prevalent in the 1990s.
  • A need exists to generalize findings for 21st-century nursing education.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a metasynthesis of qualitative studies on caring in nursing education.
  • To identify themes that can promote caring communities in contemporary nursing education.

Main Methods:

  • A metaethnographic approach by Noblit and Hare was employed.
  • Fourteen qualitative research studies on caring among faculty and students were synthesized.

Main Results:

  • Five central metaphors/themes of caring in nursing education emerged.
  • These themes represent reciprocal connecting: presencing, sharing, supporting, competence, and uplifting effects of caring.

Conclusions:

  • The identified themes provide a framework for developing caring communities in nursing education.
  • Implications for nursing educators are discussed based on the metasynthesis findings.

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