Caring in nursing education

Abstract

In modern life, student nurses holding a registered nurse license can no longer dedicate themselves full time to further their education. Most of them depend on the financial resources from working in the profession to meet their basic needs and deal with other life challenges. Further, the work that they perform at bedside is very demanding physically, psychologically, and intellectually. It means, the work is very stressful. Reform in nursing education is necessary to avoid added stress and to meet specific needs of students, creating essential conditions for their academic and post-graduation professional-practice success. This includes instructors demonstrating that they care for students by creating a learning partnership with them and making their education personal, creative, and balanced. The goal of this reform is to enhance students’ motivation to pursue and achieve a higher academic degree than they currently have.