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1a Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama , Box 870358, Tuscaloosa , AL 35487-0358 , USA.
Contemporary Nurse
|August 19, 2016
Summary
Nursing students often struggle to maintain compassion due to demanding curricula. International medical trips, a form of service learning, can help reignite and demonstrate this essential nursing quality.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Medical Humanities
- Global Health
Background:
- Nursing education emphasizes care and compassion.
- Students may struggle to maintain compassion throughout their nursing careers.
- High demands of nursing curricula can diminish initial student enthusiasm and compassion.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the impact of service learning, specifically international medical trips, on nursing students' compassion.
- To identify teaching strategies that can help maintain and demonstrate compassion in nursing education.
- To underscore the importance of preserving compassion as a core tenet of the nursing profession.
Main Methods:
- Utilized service learning activities, including international medical trips.
- Focused on non-traditional clinical settings to foster compassion.
- Emphasized the demonstration and modeling of compassionate behaviors.
Main Results:
- International medical trips can serve as effective tools for reigniting compassion in nursing students.
- Compassion can be demonstrated more evidently in unique settings outside of typical clinical environments.
- Service learning provides a platform for students to reconnect with the core values of nursing.
Conclusions:
- Nursing education should integrate service learning opportunities like international medical trips.
- These experiences are vital for sustaining and reinforcing compassionate behaviors in future nurses.
- Preserving compassion is crucial for the integrity and calling of the nursing profession.
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