NLN PRESS [Illustration: Button] NURSING AS CARING A Model for Transforming Practice By Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer Anne Boykin, PhD, RN Dean and Professor Director, Christine E. Lynn Center for Caring College of Nursing Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida Savina O. Schoenhofer, PhD Professor of Graduate Nursing Alcorn State University Natchez, Mississippi CONTENTS ABOUT THE AUTHORS FOREWORD PREFACE INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING AS CARING NURSING AS CARING 11 NURSING SITUATION AS THE Locus OF NURSING 17 IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND NURSING SERVICE ADMINISTRATION 23 IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING EDUCATION 41 THEORY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 51 EPILOGUE 57 INDEX 65 [Illustration: Button] ABOUT THE AUTHORS Anne Boykin, Ph.D, is Dean and Professor of the College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. She is also Director of the Christine E. Lynn Center for Caring. This center is focused on humanizing care in the community through the integration of teaching, research, and service grounded in caring. Dr. Boykin is past President of the International Association for Human Caring, a member of several local boards, and is actively involved in various nursing organizations at the national, state, and local levels. She has published and consulted widely on caring in nursing. Currently, she and Dr. Schoenhofer are engaged in a two-year funded demonstration project. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the value of a model for health care delivery in an acute care setting that is intentionally grounded in Nursing as Caring. Savina O. Schoenhofer, Ph.D, is Professor of Graduate Nursing at Alcorn State University in Natchez, Mississippi. Dr. Schoenhofer is co-founder of the nursing aesthetics publication, Nightingale Songs. Her research and publications are in the areas of everyday caring, outcomes of caring in nursing, nursing values, nursing home management, and affectional touch. [Illustration: Button] FOREWORD Marilyn E. Parker, PhD, RN, Professor of Nursing Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida