The challenge of learning and caring for a family while in nursing school

Abstract

In Nursing School, students have to go through situations in which they learn to deal with suffering and the life experience of others. This essay is a student's report of how she experienced the opportunity of taking care of a family and their sick child, during the hospitalization process, through a case report that focused on the family and the experience of illness, based on the Calgary Family Assessment Model. The results show the importance of making students aware of issues for nursing family and the constant search for scientific evidence to improve nursing care.