Over the past 20 years or so, the Massachusetts Regional Caring Science Consortium (MRCSC) has grown in participation and home area of participants. To reflect this, the name of the organization has been changed to The New England Regional Caring Science Consortium (NERCSC). The mrcsc.org URL has been retained and will connect to the NERCSC website.
Welcome to the website of the New England Regional Caring Science Consortium (NERCSC) . Our leaders and community partners will continue to offer the same quality virtual programs consistent with the mission and vision of the Massachusetts Regional Caring Science Consortium, providing increased opportunities for nurses in all settings and roles, nursing students, and other health care providers to reconnect with core caring values and the heart of their healing profession. The NERCSC is a forum for nurses and other health care professions to share and learn together as we explore Caring Science theories and caring practices that foster and sustain both personal and professional well-being and growth, healing relationships, healthy work environments, and best outcomes in patient care. Toward this goal, the NERCSC leadership team and our background tech team offer virtual, no-fee, semi-annual programs with support from local schools of nursing and health care institutions.
This website serves as a vehicle for NERCSC program announcements, information, and registration. It also serves as a learning resource about caring theory and practice, offering access to past NERCSC and MRCSC programs, and providing information about other local, national, and global Caring Science and caring practice initiatives, educational opportunities, and conferences. NERCSC has no membership structure. All nurses, students and health care professionals are invited to attend the programs with no fee, but registration is required.
“Nursing’s [and other health profession’s] social, moral, professional, and scientific contributions to human kind and society lie in its commitment to sustain and advance human caring values, knowledge, practices, and ideals in theory, practice, education, and research…” (Watson, J. (2012). Human Caring Science: A Theory of Nursing, Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.)