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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF NURSING

International Certificate Program in Caring and Healing
(Spring 2008)

Register now for the 2007 International Certificate Program in Caring & Healing. This unique program is the “next generation” of the pioneering education offered in the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center School of Nursing and the original Center for Human Caring. The entire curriculum for the Certificate Program will be offered in an intensive and intimate format at scenic, historic Chautauqua Park Retreat Center in Boulder, Colorado. Stay on these beautiful grounds for the duration of the program and study with nationally acclaimed faculty. The program consists of 6 courses for a total of 8 credits. It is possible to meet all certificate requirements in the intensive session offered Spring, 2008.

If you are interested in registering see Instructions to Register on this flyer. Please contact Betty Phelps in the UCDHSC SON Office of Professional Development and Extended Studies at 303-315-8691 or email: professional.development@uchsc.edu for assistance or with questions. Courses may be cancelled without sufficient enrollment. Register early; spaces are limited.

Certificate Offerings

Caring Inquiry: Narrative as Exemplar - Internet: April 16 - May 2; Classroom: May 3-5 :: 2 credits
Dr. Gail Armstrong - NURS6121-001
This course emphasizes narrative as an interpretive method (1) for understanding the subjective human experiences of health, illness, healing, death/dying; and (2) as a basis for caring/healing practice. Discussion includes narrative theory, selected illness narratives, and implications for praxis

Theories & Philosophy of Caring and Healing – May 8-10, 2008:: 2 credits
Dr. Jean Watson - NURS6843-001 (use NURS7843-001 for PhD students only)
This offering will focus on the diverse philosophies and theories of caring, within the context of Dr. Watson's Theory of Human Caring. The theoretical ideas will be examined for convergence with other contemporary nursing theories, contemporary views of science, the emerging unitary field of integrative health, and relationship-centered caring. The human caring-healing model will be explored as content and context for nursing's emerging paradigm for health sciences education, research, and clinical practice. Special emphasis will be on "theories in action" for transforming clinical care practices through authentic personal-professional practices in the world.

Aesthetics and Wisdom Traditions: May 11-12, 2008; 1 credit
Dr. Jean Watson - NURS6833-001 (use NURS7833-001 for PhD students only)
This course will explore Wisdom Traditions of Caring –Healing. Selected ancient worldview intersections will be made between art, science, and diverse world populations, especially indigenous peoples. Aesthetics of sacred rituals, archetypes, symbols and myths of caring-healing practices will be examined.

Foundations of Healing Practice – May 7-8; 1 credit
Dr. Janet Quinn - NURS6120-001
This offering will explore the foundations for health care practice within a caring/healing framework. A fundamental focus of the course is on renewal and inspiration of health care providers as a crucial element in the creation of a true, healing health care system.

Ethics of Caring: May 17-May 18; 1 credit
Dr. Sally Gadow - NURS6122-001
This course compares three ethical dimensions of caring: communal, rational, and relational ethics. A postmodern equilibrium among the three is proposed as the essence of caring ethics.

Health Care as Spiritual Practice: May 15-16; 1 credit
Dr. Janet Quinn - NURS6124-001
Based on Nightingale’s philosophy, this experiential course explores the nurse’s work of caring and healing as deep spiritual practice. Spiritual practices from diverse traditions will be explored and experienced with emphasis on integrating learnings into daily professional health care practice.

*All classes begin at 10 AM and end at 4 PM with the exception of NURS6121, which begins at 9 AM.

Meet the Certificate Program Faculty
Dr. Gail Armstrong is an Assistant Professor at University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center School of Nursing. She holds an MA in Literature from Georgetown University and earned her Nursing Doctorate degree at the University of Colorado. Her current area of practice and teaching is acute care nursing. She teaches acute care clinical courses at CU, incorporating caring inquiry in narrative into her Med/Surg classes. Additionally she holds a special interest in teaching reflective practice as a component of clinical instruction. She has won numerous teaching awards and has been recognized for her strengths as an acute care clinician.

Dr. Sally Gadow is a leading scholar in the areas of philosophy of nursing, health care ethics, the humanities and gerontology, and phenomenology of the body in illness. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. Post-doctoral awards include fellowships from the Society for Health and Human Values and the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation. Her academic career has included faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, the University of Florida, and the University of Texas at Galveston. Currently she is a faculty member at the University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center School of Nursing. Through her more than 40 book chapters and journal articles, she is recognized for her work that crosses several fields in humanities, ethics, philosophy and health. Her recent research has addressed ecology, women's health, correctional settings, and postmodern ethics in nursing.

Dr. Janet Quinn is Associate Professor (Adjoint) at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing. She is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and holds a Ph.D. in Nursing Research from New York University. Her research on Therapeutic Touch has been funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and by the Institute of Noetic Sciences. She serves as a peer reviewer for research grants at the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Dr. Quinn is also a personal coach and spiritual director in private practice, with an emphasis on increasing inner awareness and helping people to access the power of the present moment in creating personal and professional lives that work. Dr. Quinn lectures and consults internationally on Creating Healing Health Care Systems, Integrative Medicine, Therapeutic Touch, Care for the Caregiver, Healing, Caring, Spirituality and Healing and Nursing as a Spiritual Practice. Her most recent publication is a book of affirmations and meditations for women entitled I Am A Woman Finding My Voice.

Dr. Jean Watson is Distinguished Professor of Nursing and holds an endowed Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She is founder of the original Center for Human Caring in Colorado and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Watson has earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing and psychiatric-mental health nursing and holds her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Counseling from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Clinical nurses and academic programs throughout the world use her published works on the philosophy and theory of human caring and the art and science of caring in nursing. Dr. Watson’s caring philosophy is used to guide new models of caring and healing practices. She is a widely published author and recipient of several awards and honors, including five (5) Honorary Doctoral Degrees. Her latest books range from empirical measurements of caring, to new postmodern philosophies of caring and healing; these latest works seek to bridge paradigms as well as point toward transformative models for the 21 st century.

Housing and Learning Support
Please contact lodging@chautauqua.com for housing information if you plan to stay in Chautauqua Park. Chautauqua offers year-round accommodations in newly refurbished historic cottages. Cottages range in size from efficiency, one and two bedroom and are ideal for 1-6 people. Phone Bert at 303-442-3282 Ext. 23 or Heidi at 303-442-3282 Ext. 18. Fax: 303-449-0790.

Use these links to access to the library and bookstore. Availability of course materials varies.

Instructions for Registration
Below are some important points to remember regarding UCHSC registrations. They are as follows: 

Registration is due  April 14^th for the May classes. Decisions to cancel due to lack of enrollment will be made on those dates. Payment is due with your registration form. 
No tuition refunds will be provided unless the course is dropped by April 14^th. The procedure to drop a course is to send a letter or an email to professional.development@uchsc.edu no later than 4:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Friday April 14^th. If this procedure is not followed, you are responsible for all costs involved with the course.  A $100 processing fee will be deducted for dropped courses.  No refunds will be granted to individuals who drop the course after April 14^th . 
Grade for Dropped course: Last day to drop an intensive course and receive an "IW" instead of an "F" is the first day of class. 

Tuition for the Certificate courses is $375 per credit hour. These are MS level courses and require a Bachelor of Science in Nursing or permission of the instructor to enroll. Permission to take the courses can be provided to non-nurses and those nurses with less than a B.S. degree. Contact professional.development@uchsc.edu to obtain this permission.

Steps for registering for the UCDHSC courses in the International Certificate Program in Caring & Healing:

1) The registration form can be obtained by accessing the School of Nursing, Office of Professional Development Web site. For further assistance or to answer any questions you may have, please phone Betty Phelps (303-315-8691) or stop by her office at the School of Medicine, room 1503.

2) Complete the registration form. Make sure to include the following: clearly mark the individual courses in which you are enrolling; complete all demographic data; and print clearly. In addition, please be sure to sign and date the registration form.

3) Mail completed registration form and check for payment of tuition (payable to: “UCDHSC School of Nursing”) to: UCDHSC School of Nursing Office of Professional Development and Extended Studies – 4200 E. 9^th Ave., Box C288-8 Denver, CO 80262 or

4) Fax completed registration form to: 303-315-0484 SON, Attention: Betty Phelps

5) If you fax your registration form, please mail the original form with your tuition check.

6) Be sure to include your name and social security number on your check. Thank you.