Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

2014

Document Type

Dissertation - NSU Access Only

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice

Advisor

Martha J. Morgan Sanders

Committee Member

Gail Johnson

Committee Member

Ronald J. Chenail

Keywords

Nursing Education, Nursing, Caring, Helping Relationship, Coaching (Performance)

Abstract

This applied dissertation was designed to explore the caritas coach role to examine the impact of the role on the coach, patient, and health care. The nurse coach role is a new and expanded role for nursing and has been implemented in health care settings around the world. Professional nursing and medical organizations agree the nurse coach role is here to stay, and registered nurses by virtue of their numbers, experience, and knowledge offer an effective means to meet the diverse health care needs of the 21st century in this expanded role. The role has been associated with many benefits in the provision of effective, efficient health care, and quality health care, yet there are gaps in the nursing literature to provide evidence of the impact of the nurse coach role.

A hermeneutic phenomenological exploration of the graduates of the Watson Caring Science Institute (WCSI) Caritas Coach Education Program (CCEP) was designed to explore the caritas coach role, those experiences that affect role development and implementation, and the impact of the role in professional nursing practice. The program has graduated over 250 caritas coaches, yet there has been no formal research on CCEP or its graduates.

Interviews were conducted with 5 CCEP graduates. Analysis revealed the themes of finding voice, living life with purpose and meaning, and the need for change.

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