Inquiry into mindfulness as an approach to teach and learn the practice of nursing
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2012-06-21
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Dhanani, Zahra
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In this paper, I advocate for the potential of mindfulness as a pedagogical tool that supports the teaching and learning of the practice of nursing. It is my conviction that mindfulness based in contemplative pedagogy can offer a foundation of teaching and learning to both students and teachers by emphasizing a way of being and knowing that must be developed in order to enact the practice of nursing. I contend that mindfulness can support nurse educators to be responsive to each moment, to each other, to each student, and to each patient as a way to navigate the multiple demands and inherent unknowns in the world of nursing education.
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inquiry, mindfulness, approach to teach, learning, practice of nursing