Teaching the Subject of Nursing-Academic Teaching Based on Dossey's Holistic Nursing Theory

Pernilla Garmy

doi:10.1177/23779608231167817

Teaching the Subject of Nursing-Academic Teaching Based on Dossey's Holistic Nursing Theory

SAGE Open Nurs. 2023 Mar 30:9:23779608231167817. doi: 10.1177/23779608231167817. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.

Author

Pernilla Garmy^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden.
² Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Abstract

Introduction: Being a teacher of nursing education can be challenging. Nursing theories can guide clinical nurses in their work, but is it possible to apply a nursing theory in the context of academic teaching?

Purpose: To investigate if it is possible to apply Dossey's holistic nursing theory into the context of teaching the subject of nursing.

Conclusion: This article proposes that Dosseys holistic nursing theory could be applied in the context of nursing education.

Keywords: graduate nursing programs; nursing education; nursing theory; other- zero level; other-zero level; research; undergraduate nursing programs.