The Silence of Suffering: Breaking the Sound Barriers

Suffering is an inevitable reality that student nurses may be unprepared to witness. The 14-week college course, Understanding Suffering, was developed to help students better understand the suffering experience. Content for the course was drawn from nursing, sociological, and theological perspectiv...

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Published in:Journal of holistic nursing 2007-09, Vol.25 (3), p.195-203
Main Authors: Kazanowski, Mary, Perrin, Kathleen, Potter, Mertie, Sheehan, Caryn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Competence
Clinical outcomes
Curriculum
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - organization & administration
Empathy
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing Education Research
Pain - nursing
Pain - psychology
Stress, Psychological - nursing
Students, Nursing
United States
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Summary:Suffering is an inevitable reality that student nurses may be unprepared to witness. The 14-week college course, Understanding Suffering, was developed to help students better understand the suffering experience. Content for the course was drawn from nursing, sociological, and theological perspectives. Students scored significantly higher on a post-course evaluation of empathy and stated they felt better prepared to intervene in difficult clinical situations involving suffering. Course development, assignments, and evaluation are described in the article.
ISSN:0898-0101
1552-5724
DOI:10.1177/0898010107305501