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Hidden treasures in co-shaping community environment
1Briar Cliff University.
Abstract:
In this column the author focuses on the concepts of growing community, cultivating trust, and keeping passion as part of co-shaping community. These concepts surfaced in the story of Mae Gonzalez, a 90 year-old nurse who is still active in her nursing practice. Her story, intermingled throughout this column, demonstrates the importance of historical consciousness to current nursing. Three of the processes from Parse's description of community as well as her concepts of true presence and human dignity are highlighted as Mae shared her treasures of growing community, cultivating trust, and keeping passion.
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