From the other side of the curtain: the nurse as patient.

Anticipatory grief experienced by patients while awaiting a life-threatening medical diagnosis was explored through the personal experience of a nursing faculty member. The patient's emotional journey from diagnostic testing to result-reporting provided a background from which nurses can recognize the value of a support system and caring interventions. Recommendations for nursing faculty members, nurse practitioners, and students of nursing were made to help mitigate the uncertainties patients experience during this critical period.

Revisiting our roots: caring in nursing curriculum design.

It is widely accepted that a caring curriculum is integral to nursing education. Caring as a concept is extensively cited in the literature as a core value in nursing education and nursing practice. What is not evident is the curricular designs used by nurse educators to enable students to internalize caring behaviors.