A Care Plan for Nursing

Abstract

What could be learned if we viewed our profession with the same compassion and understanding that we give to our patients? Applying caring science theory to the nursing profession offers a framework that is broad enough to hold the complex and broad narratives of every nurse. Using the caritas process of loving kindness and creative problem-solving, a care plan for the nursing profession evolved. A care plan for nursing provides nurses with a common lens, invites them to heal their profession from their own praxis, and creates hope and optimism for a collective path forward.