In essence, the authors are forcing all nursing students and those who practice nursing today to understand that because of overblown "materialistic values, environmental sustainability, technology, clashes between societies" and global conflicts, the role of nurses has changed drastically, thus requiring some type of instruction on these and other topics (2005, pg. 153).
In addition, the authors maintain that nursing students of today and in the near future must extend their empathy "from a relatively passive, cognitive level to one of active, affective engagement" which in the end will result in engendered caring and move "the consideration of global conflict and war into a personal, relational context" (2005, pg. 154). One important way to accomplish this goal in relation to a classroom setting would be to compose a personal narrative on the events of September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center was destroyed by an alleged terrorist organization, being Al Queda. Hopefully, as a result of writing this narrative, nursing students will come to realize "the fragility of life, the precarious nature of world peace and the desire to resolve conflicts" in ways never considered before (2005, pg. 154).
Thus, by creating a personal, empathic view of the world, nursing students will be able to "deepen their appreciation for the interconnectedness of all life on the planet and for the nature of health as a complex phenomenon," one made increasingly complicated by advances in
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