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Evaluating Changes in Caring Behaviors of Caritas Coaches Pre and Post the Caritas Coach Education Program
Barbara B Brewer1, Jan Anderson, Jean Watson
1Author Affiliations: Professor (Dr Brewer), The University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson; Director, Caritas Coach Education Program (Dr Anderson), and Founder/Director (Dr Watson), Watson Caring Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado; and Distinguished Professor and Dean Emerita (Dr Watson), University of Colorado Denver, College of Nursing, Aurora.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to examine program effectiveness in changing Caritas leadership, self-caring behaviors, and perceptions of coworkers of participants who completed the Caritas Coach Education Program (CCEP).
Background:
The CCEP has been a highly successful education program for individuals who wish to intellectually and experientially learn to teach, live, and practice human caring theory.
Methods:
A pretest-posttest descriptive design was used to evaluate changes in perceptions of self-caring, caritas leadership, and coworker behaviors after completion of CCEP.
Results:
The mean scores of all measures improved significantly.
Conclusions:
After completion of CCEP, participants demonstrated statistically significant changes in 3 caritas measures: leadership, coworker, and self-rating. Caritas Coach participants exhibited the greatest change in their self-caring scores.
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