Canada

Undergraduate nursing courses that focus on communication, nursing knowledge, and the development of professional identity, emphasize the primacy of the nurse-patient relationship for nursing practice. In Canadian nursing programs, these courses are typically informed by American nursing theory such as Jean Watson’s caring theory and may use Doane and Varcoe’s (2021) well-known textbook. These sources present interpersonal therapeutic relations as ethical, personal, and esthetic ways of knowing; as caring moments underpinned by the holistic mind-body-spirit view; and as occasions for patient self-actualization and autonomy. When socio-political ways of knowing and critical perspectives are incorporated in classroom discussions (e.g., in Doane and Varcoe), learners are invited to reflect on values, power dynamics, and contexts impacting the nurse-patient dyad. This important focus in undergraduate nursing education on the nurse-patient relationship has been well presented across the courses. 
However, this approach is limited. Often, it makes invisible the actual work nurses do. In our section of NURS 341 in the Spring of 2022 term, we [the students] encountered a novel-to-us perspective that we found useful for understanding contemporary nursing practice. In this presentation, we discuss Davina Allen’s (2014; 2018, 2019; Allen et al., 2019) analyses of nurses’ organizing work and share Allen’s scholarship with other students and instructors. We suggest that introducing ideas about organizational holism (Allen, 2018, 2019) early in nursing programs will help students better understand the realities of nursing practice. 
Learning goals for the presentation: 
--The audience will become familiar with Davina Allen’s analyses of nurses’ organizing work 
--The audience will become aware of scholarly resources related to nurses’ organizing work and organizational holism
References: 
Allen, D. (2018). Translational mobilisation theory: A new paradigm for understanding the organisational elements of nursing work. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 79, 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.10.010
Allen, D. (2019). Care trajectory management: A conceptual framework for formalizing emergent organisation in nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Management, 27(1), 4-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12645
Allen, D., Purkis, M. E., Rafferty, A. M., &amp; Obstfelder, A. (2019). Integrating preparation for care trajectory management into nurse education: Competencies and pedagogical strategies. Nursing Inquiry, 26(3), e12289-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12289 
Doane, G. H., &amp; Varcoe, C. (2021). How to nurse: Relational inquiry in action. (2nd ed.) Wolters Kluwer. 


University of Victoria and College Partners BSN Virtual Conference

Revisioning nursing education: Shining a light on nurses’ organizing work

holism - alternative conceptualization; organizational holism; nurses' organizing work; invisible work; actual work of nurses

We are inviting nursing administrators, faculty members, instructors, and students to attend this conference, which will feature current directions and priorities for the Uvic and College Partners BSN curriculum, and feature scholarship from throughout our partnership.


The conference will serve as a venue for professional development, scholarship, networking with colleagues.

### Situating Ourselves in Nursing Education: Exploring Emerging Directions
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The conference website will open on June 21st, after which time you will receive an email invitation from Underline Science that will allow you to access the website. 

## **Register Here**
Registration is required to attend this event, please use the link below to get your ticket:

https://events.eply.com/2022partnersconference

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Undergraduate nursing courses that focus on communication, nursing knowledge, and the development of professional identity, emphasize the primacy of the nurse-patient relationship for nursing practice. In Canadian nursing programs, these courses are typically informed by American nursing theory such as Jean Watson’s caring theory and may use Doane and Varcoe’s (2021) well-known textbook. These sources present interpersonal therapeutic relations as ethical, personal, and esthetic ways of knowing; as caring moments underpinned by the holistic mind-body-spirit view; and as occasions for patient self-actualization and autonomy. When socio-political ways of knowing and critical perspectives are incorporated in classroom discussions (e.g., in Doane and Varcoe), learners are invited to reflect on values, power dynamics, and contexts impacting the nurse-patient dyad. This important focus in undergraduate nursing education on the nurse-patient relationship has been well presented across the courses. 
However, this approach is limited. Often, it makes invisible the actual work nurses do. In our section of NURS 341 in the Spring of 2022 term, we [the students] encountered a novel-to-us perspective that we found useful for understanding contemporary nursing practice. In this presentation, we discuss Davina Allen’s (2014; 2018, 2019; Allen et al., 2019) analyses of nurses’ organizing work and share Allen’s scholarship with other students and instructors. We suggest that introducing ideas about organizational holism (Allen, 2018, 2019) early in nursing programs will help students better understand the realities of nursing practice. 
Learning goals for the presentation: 
--The audience will become familiar with Davina Allen’s analyses of nurses’ organizing work 
--The audience will become aware of scholarly resources related to nurses’ organizing work and organizational holism
References: 
Allen, D. (2018). Translational mobilisation theory: A new paradigm for understanding the organisational elements of nursing work. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 79, 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.10.010
Allen, D. (2019). Care trajectory management: A conceptual framework for formalizing emergent organisation in nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Management, 27(1), 4-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12645
Allen, D., Purkis, M. E., Rafferty, A. M., & Obstfelder, A. (2019). Integrating preparation for care trajectory management into nurse education: Competencies and pedagogical strategies. Nursing Inquiry, 26(3), e12289-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12289 
Doane, G. H., & Varcoe, C. (2021). How to nurse: Relational inquiry in action. (2nd ed.) Wolters Kluwer. 


technical paper

Whatever Happened to the Revolution?

Territory Acknowledgement: Do we know what we are acknowledging?

Leadership Panel Presentation

Institutional Change, Healthcare change, and Academic change: The work of the Partners Curriculum and Evaluation Committee

Development of the Concept Model

Revised Practice Appraisal Form

Electronic Health Record

Teaching Decolonization, Reflections from the Teaching Team: What does it mean, and what are the implications for the path forward?

Refreshing the Decision Making Framework

Next Gen NCLEX (Aurora College)

keynote

panel

live discussion

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