RECEIVED : OCTOBER 03,2004

WRITER : JANE LEE-HSIEH

CHIEN-LIN KUO

YA-HSUN TSAI

The purpose of this study was to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of thefirst-year course of a 5-year nursing caring curriculum.

An action research method involving participant observation investigated how 18 instructors in a junior college nursing program implemented caring in the course.

THE SAMPLE IS FOOYIN UNIVERSITY in southern TAIWAN

METHOD Design This study used participant action research to investigate instructor incorporation of caring concepts into the curriculum development process for a 5-year junior college nursing program. We used participant observation in collaboration with the instructors in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of the caring curriculum.

ProcedureThe entire faculty of the junior college's four departments (Nursing, Medical Technology, Applied Foreign Languages, and General Education) received inserviceeducation in caring concepts as part of an ongoing program to inculcate the school's four core values: professionalism, caring, elegance, and vision

• Planning Stage.• Design Stage• Implementation Stage

Implementation Stage.

Each instructor then implemented the curriculum in his or her first-year caring course. A multifaceted instructional strategy was used, •including role modeling, •dialogue,• reflection,• journaling, and •caring groups, as well as caring interaction role playing, videotapes, and music to encourage students to engage in reflection and self-awareness.

THE RESULT • Students had a positive attitude toward the course and its teaching style.

• Most students indicated their knowledge of caring

• Although they felt that students' attitudes and behaviors would not exhibit clear change in the short-term

The subject of the caring concept is TAIWAN COUNTRY

The advantage to nurses is

• allow NURSE to learn to care as the first step to becoming a professional who cares .

• nurses should be aware of how their own human experiences have shaped who they are and who they will be .... This awareness allows for empathy and facilitate communication between diverse individuals

• Role modeling can be done with either the instructor or NURSE to increase positive caring behavior and treat the negative behavior of matter as an object lesson