Student Nurses' Perceptions of Mercy: A Qualitative Study. Issue 1 (January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thiel, Linda M.; Razmus, Ivy; Nauta, Becky; Keep, Suzanne; Thomas, Roberta; Moran, Katherine
• Is Part Of: Journal of Christian nursing. Volume 38:Issue 1(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-01
• Subjects: Catherine McAuley -- compassion -- faith-based schools of nursing -- mercy -- nursing -- nursing students; Nursing ethics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Periodicals; Christianity -- Periodicals; Nursing Care -- Periodicals; Religion and Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Nursing ethics; Periodicals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000782
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0743-2550

Abstract

Abstract : ABSTRACT: Mercy is a valued nursing attribute. It often identifies faith-based educational institutions, clinics, and hospitals and has been a quality valued and taught by the Catholic Sisters of Mercy through nursing's history. This qualitative study explored the meaning of mercy as expressed by undergraduate nursing students attending a faith-based nursing school. This article presents the findings of a question posed to students: What does mercy mean to me? Nursing practice and education implications are also presented.